Reproductive biology of picrorhiza kurroa - a critically endangered high value temperate medicinal plant

Open Access Journal of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 40-43

  Raina, R ^a   Mehra, Tara Singh ^a   Chand, Romesh ^a   Sharma, Yash Pal ^a  

^a DR Y S PARMAR UNIVERSITY OF HORTICULTURE AND FORESTRY   (India)

Author keywords

Endangered medicinal plant; Picrorhiza kurroa; Reproductive biology

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME NUMBER; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS POLLINATION; ENDANGERED SPECIES; FLOWERING; MEIOSIS; NONHUMAN; OPEN POLLINATION; PICRORHIZA KURROA; PLANT BREEDING; PLANT CELL; PLANT DEVELOPMENT; PLANT MORPHOLOGY; PLANT REPRODUCTION; PLOIDY; POLLINATION; SELFING;

PICRORHIZA KURROOA; SCROPHULARIACEAE;

EID: 79955794690     PISSN: None     EISSN: 09747877     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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