Seed physiological aspects of pushkarmool (Inula racemosa), a threatened medicinal herb: Response to storage, cold stratification, light and gibberellic acid

Current Science

Volumn 99, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 1801-1806

  Sharma, Shashi ^a   Sharma, Rajender Kumar ^a  

^a HIMACHAL PRADESH UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

After ripening; Catalase; Inula racemosa; Photoblasticity; Seed dormancy

Indexed keywords

ASTERACEAE; INULA; INULA RACEMOSA;

EID: 78650966047     PISSN: 00113891     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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