Breeding medicinal plant, periwinkle [Catharanthus roseus (L) G. Don]: A review

Plant Genetic Resources: Characterisation and Utilisation

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 283-302

  Kulkarni, R N ^a,b   Baskaran, K ^a   Jhang, Tripta ^a  

^a CSIR CENTRAL INSTITUTE OF MEDICINAL AND AROMATIC PLANTS   (India)

^b CSIR CIMAP ^*  (India)

Author keywords

anti cancer alkaloids; autotetraploids; breeding behaviour; cleistogamy; cytology; induced mutants; inheritance marker assisted selection; secondary metabolism

Indexed keywords

EID: 84964794812     PISSN: 14792621     EISSN: 1479263X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1479262116000150     Document Type: Review

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