Tea

Genetic Resources, Chromosome Engineering, and Crop Improvement: Medicinal Plants

Volumn 6, Issue , 2011, Pages 539-588

  Mandal, A K A ^a   Babu, S ^b   Kumar, R S Senthil ^c  

^a VIT UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b Bayer Bio Science Private Ltd   (India)

^c Harrisons Malayalam Ltd   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENGINEERING; INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING;

ARGENTINA; BANGLADESH; CAMELLIA SINENSIS; CENTRAL CHINAS; INDONESIA; MONGOLIANS; SRI LANKA; TEA PLANTS;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

EID: 85016819818     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: None     Document Type: Chapter

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