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A PCR-based Genotyping Method to Distinguish Between Wild-type and Ornamental Varieties of Imperata cylindrica
Published on: February 20, 2012
Urbanization and road-use determines Calotropis procera distribution in the eastern Indo-Gangetic plain, India
Gyan P Sharma1, Manoj Kumar, Akhilesh S Raghubanshi
1Centre for Invasion Biology, Department of Conservation Ecology and Entomology, Stellenbosch University, Matieland, South Africa. gyanprakashsharma@gmail.com
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|July 27, 2010
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