Morphology, diversity and frequency based exploration of phytoliths in Pennisetum typhoides rich

National Academy Science Letters

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 285-289

  Tripathi, Durgesh Kumar ^a   Chauhan, Devendra Kumar ^a   Kumar, Dharmendra ^a   Tiwari, Shytendra Prakash ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALLAHABAD   (India)

Author keywords

Pennisetum; Phytolith; Poaceae; Silica

Indexed keywords

EID: 84867527515     PISSN: 0250541X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s40009-012-0050-x     Document Type: Article

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