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Genetic Structure, Diversity and Long Term Viability of a Medicinal Plant, Nothapodytes nimmoniana Graham. (Icacinaceae), in Protected and Non-Protected Areas in the Western Ghats Biodiversity Hotspot.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2014
Shivaprakash K Nagaraju, Ramesha B Thimmappa, Uma Shaanker Ramanan, Dayanandan Selvadurai, Ravikanth Gudasalamani
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BACKGROUND AND QUESTION: The harvesting of medicinal plants from wild sources is escalating in many parts of the world, compromising the long-term survival of natural populations of medicinally important plants and sustainability of sources of raw material to meet pharmaceutical industry needs. Although protected areas are considered to play a central role in conservation of plant genetic resources, the...
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