Vegetative propagation through air-layering was successfully done in Salacia macrosperma, a threatened medicinal plant of the Western Ghats to facilitate quick genetic gains by clonal multiplication as well as for mass multiplication.
Air-layering, Salacia macrosperma, Western Ghats
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Manuscript Published on 10 March 2019
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