Picrorhiza kurrooa: Current status and tissue culture mediated biotechnological interventions

Acta Physiologiae Plantarum

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 1-12

  Rawat, Balwant ^a,d   Rawat, Janhvi Mishra ^a,b,d   Mishra, Susmita ^c,d   Mishra, Shri Nivas ^d  

^a G B PANT INSTITUTE OF HIMALAYAN ENVIRONMENT AND DEVELOPMENT   (India)

^b CSIR CENTRAL INSTITUTE OF MEDICINAL AND AROMATIC PLANTS   (India)

^c RANI DURGAVATI UNIVERSITY   (India)

^d Society for the Conservation of Nature   (India)

Author keywords

Agrobacterium rhizogenes; Conservation; Endangered; Picrorhizakurrooa; Secondary metabolite

Indexed keywords

AGROBACTERIUM RHIZOGENES; PICRORHIZA KURROOA;

EID: 84871930971     PISSN: 01375881     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11738-012-1069-9     Document Type: Review

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