Detection of sodium azide-induced mutagenicity in the regenerated shoots of Artemisia annua L., using internal transcribed spacer (ITS) sequences of nrDNA

Pakistan Journal of Botany

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 2183-2186

  Al Qurainy, Fahad ^a   Al Hemaid, Fahad M ^a   Khan, Salim ^a   Ajmal Ali, M ^a   Tarroum, M ^a   Ashraf, M ^a,b  

^a KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE   (Pakistan)

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[No Author keywords available]

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ARTEMISIA ANNUA;

EID: 80051996218     PISSN: 05563321     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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