Analysis of the effect of plant growth regulators and organic elicitors on antibacterial activity of Eucomis autumnalis and Drimia robusta ex vitro-grown biomass

Plant Growth Regulation

Volumn 85, Issue 1, 2018, Pages 143-151

  Baskaran, Ponnusamy ^a   Kumari, Aloka ^a   Van Staden, Johannes ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Antibacterial activity; Ex vitro plant; Medicinal plant; Organogenesis; Somatic embryogenesis

Indexed keywords

EID: 85042610354     PISSN: 01676903     EISSN: 15735087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10725-018-0380-x     Document Type: Article

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