Chromosome number and karyotype analysis of wild guava Psidium Guineense Sw.-a new report from Tripura, India

Indian Journal of Science and Technology

Volumn 3, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 925-927

  Chakraborti, Saswati ^a   Sinha, Sangram ^a   Sinha, Rabindra K ^a  

^a TRIPURA UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Endemic; Karyotype; Psidium guineense sw. chromosome number; Tripura

Indexed keywords

EID: 84872080150     PISSN: 09746846     EISSN: 09745645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.17485/ijst/2010/v3i8/29912     Document Type: Article

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