Nutritional and antinutritional composition of itching bean (Mucuna pruriens (L.) DC var. pruriens): An underutilized tribal pulse in Western Ghats, Tamil Nadu

Tropical and Subtropical Agroecosystems

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 279-293

  Kalidass, Chinnamadasamy ^a   Mohan, Veerabahu Ramasamy ^a  

^a V O CHIDAMBARAM COLLEGE   (India)

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MUCUNA; MUCUNA PRURIENS;

EID: 84859189928     PISSN: None     EISSN: 18700462     Source Type: Journal    
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