Efficient in vitro establishment and multiplication of Picrorhiza kurroa Royle ex Benth through in vitro raised seedlings

Research on Crops

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 800-807

  Tiwari, Tanuja ^a   Chaturvedi, Preeti ^a  

^a G B PANT UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE AND TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Endangered; Germination; Micropropagation; Picrorhiza kurroa Royle ex Benth; Seed

Indexed keywords

EID: 85020498270     PISSN: 09723226     EISSN: 23487542     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5958/2348-7542.2016.00135.2     Document Type: Article

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