Biotechnological approaches for the conservation of some forest tree species

Forest Decline: Causes and Impacts

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 1-38

  Anis, M ^a,b   Ahmad, N ^a   Siddique, I ^a   Varshney, A ^a   Naz, R ^a   Perveen, S ^a   Khan, Md Imran ^a   Ahmed, Md Rafique ^a   Husain, M K ^a   Khan, Perviaz R ^b   Aref, I M ^b  

^a ALIGARH MUSLIM UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

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