Biosafety and Toxicological Evaluation of Tissue-Cultured Echinacea purpurea Adventitious Roots
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عنوان ژورنال: Korean Journal of Horticultural Science and Technology
سال: 2015
ISSN: 1226-8763
DOI: 10.7235/hort.2015.14103