Genetic variability in a medicinal plant Artemisia judaica using random amplified polymorphic DNA (RAPD) markers

International Journal of Agriculture and Biology

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 279-282

  Al Rawashdeh, Ibrahim Mohammad ^a  

^a AL HUSSEIN BIN TALAL UNIVERSITY   (Jordan)

Author keywords

A. herba alba; Artemisia judaica; Ba'atharan; Jordan; Medicinal plant; Polymorphism

Indexed keywords

ARTEMISIA; ARTEMISIA HERBA-ALBA; ARTEMISIA JUDAICA;

EID: 79951926484     PISSN: 15608530     EISSN: 18149596     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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