Fenugreek a multipurpose crop: Potentialities and improvements

Saudi Journal of Biological Sciences

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 300-310

  Ahmad, Awais ^a   Alghamdi, Salem S ^a   Mahmood, Kaiser ^a   Afzal, Muhammad ^a  

^a KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Antioxidants; Crop improvement; Gaps; Marginal lands; Pharmacological

Indexed keywords

EID: 84959519724     PISSN: 1319562X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sjbs.2015.09.015     Document Type: Review

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