Influence of Pre-Sowing treatments on in vitro seed germination of ativisha (Aconitum heterophyllum Wall) of Uttarakhand

Biotechnology

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 215-219

  Srivastava, Nidhi ^a   Sharma, Vikas ^a   Dobriyal, Anoop K ^b   Kamal, Barkha ^a   Gupta, Sanjay ^a   Jadon, Vikas S ^a  

^a Sardar Bhagwan Singh Post Gratudate Institute of Biomedical Sciences & Research   (India)

^b H N B GARHWAL UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Aconitum heterophyllum; Conservation; Dormancy; Endangered; Germination; Presowing treatments; Seed embryo

Indexed keywords

ACONITUM HETEROPHYLLUM; DORMANCY; ENDANGERED; GERMINATION; PRESOWING;

OPTIMIZATION; PLANTS (BOTANY);

SEED;

ACONITUM; ACONITUM HETEROPHYLLUM;

EID: 79958012171     PISSN: 1682296X     EISSN: 16822978     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3923/biotech.2011.215.219     Document Type: Article

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