Overproduction of artemisinin in tetraploid Artemisia annua L

Plant Biotechnology

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 427-433

  Banyai, Waleerat ^a,b   Sangthong, Ratchada ^b   Karaket, Netiya ^a   Inthima, Phithak ^a   Mii, Masahiro ^b   Supaibulwatana, Kanyaratt ^a  

^a MAHIDOL UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^b CHIBA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Artemisia annua L.; Artemisinin; Chromosome; Colchicines; Tetraploid

Indexed keywords

ARTEMISIA ANNUA;

EID: 78650779704     PISSN: 13424580     EISSN: 13476114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5511/plantbiotechnology.10.0726a     Document Type: Article

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