Studies on the effect of sucrose, light and hormones on micropropagation and in vitro flowering of Withania somnifera var. Jawahar-20

Journal of Animal and Plant Sciences

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 1391-1397

  Nathiya, S ^a   Pradeepa, D ^b   Devasena, T ^a   Senthil, K ^b  

^a ANNA UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b AVINASHILINGAM INSTITUTE FOR HOME SCIENCE AND HIGHER EDUCATION FOR WOMEN   (India)

Author keywords

In vitro flowering; Micropropagation; Pollen staining; Withania somnifera

Indexed keywords

EID: 84886934511     PISSN: 10187081     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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