Control of media browning in micropropagation of guava (Psidium guajava L.)

Pakistan Journal of Botany

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 713-716

  Ahmad, Ishtiaq ^a   Jaskani, Muhammad Jafar ^b   Nafees, Muhammad ^a   Ashraf, Irfan ^a   Qureshi, Rahmatullah ^c  

^a THE ISLAMIA UNIVERSITY OF BAHAWALPUR   (Pakistan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE   (Pakistan)

^c PMAS ARID AGRICULTURE UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Antioxidants; Browning; Guava; Micro propagation; Phenolics; Spectrophotometry

Indexed keywords

EID: 84962781328     PISSN: 05563321     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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