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Protocols for Improvement of Black Pepper (Piper nigrum L.) Utilizing Biotechnological Tools.
Methods in molecular biology (Clifton, N.J.) - 1 Jan 2016
Nirmal Babu K, Divakaran Minoo, Yamuna G, Ravindran P N, Peter K V
Abstract excerpt
Black pepper, Piper nigrum L., the "King of spices" is the most widely used spice growing in the South-Western region of India. The humid tropical evergreen forest bordering the Malabar Coast (Western Ghats is one of the hot spot areas of plant bio-diversity on earth) is its center of origin and diversity. However, the crop faces constraints like rampant fungal and viral diseases, lack of disease free planting...
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