In vitro plant regeneration and genotype conservation of eight wild species of Curcuma

Biologia Plantarum

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 129-132

  Tyagi, R K ^a   Yusuf, A ^b   Dua, P ^a   Agrawal, A ^a  

^a NATIONAL BUREAU OF PLANT GENETIC RESOURCES   (India)

^b BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

Genetic resources; Germplasm; Micropropagation; Tissue culture

Indexed keywords

CURCUMA; CURCUMA AROMATICA; CURCUMA LONGA;

EID: 8544272376     PISSN: 00063134     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:BIOP.0000024289.68669.ef     Document Type: Article

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