Turmeric

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

Volumn 6, Issue , 2011, Pages 451-511

  Babu, K Nirmal ^a   Shiva, K N ^b   Sabu, M ^c   Divakaran, Minoo ^d   Ravindran, P N ^e  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SPICES RESEARCH   (India)

^b ICAR NATIONAL RESEARCH CENTRE FOR BANANA   (India)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALICUT   (India)

^d Providence Women s College   (India)

^e NONE   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VAT DYES;

ASIAN COUNTRIES; CURCUMA LONGA; DRY PERIODS; MOST LIKELY; NATURAL DYE; ZINGIBERACEAE;

FOOD PRODUCTS;

EID: 85042839796     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: None     Document Type: Chapter

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