Sandalwood: History, uses, present status and the future

Current Science

Volumn 103, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 1408-1416

  Arun Kumar, A N ^a   Joshi, Geeta ^a   Mohan Ram, H Y ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTE OF WOOD SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (India)

^b Shriram Institute   (India)

Author keywords

Heartwood and oil content; Phytoplasma; Restoration strategies; Santalum album; Traditional value

Indexed keywords

CANDIDATUS PHYTOPLASMA; SANTALUM; SANTALUM ALBUM;

EID: 84872137196     PISSN: 00113891     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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