Effect of sodium hypochlorite on control of in vitro contamination and seed germination of ficus religiosa

Iranian Journal of Plant Physiology

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2017, Pages 2157-2162

  Hesami, Mohsen ^a   Daneshvar, Mohammad Hossein ^a   Lotfi Jalalabadi, Amin ^a  

^a Ramin Agricultural and Natural Resources University Ahwaz   (Iran)

Author keywords

Contamination; Ficus religiosa; Germination; Medicinal plant; Micro propagation

Indexed keywords

EID: 85041623552     PISSN: 22285512     EISSN: 23222808     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.22034/ijpp.2017.537980     Document Type: Article

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