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 Clone forests [1]

after a five-year research, the Kerala Forest Research Institute ( kfri ) in Thrissur, has developed 15 clones of eucalyptus that grow very fast. Now, the institute is planning to register these clones with the National Bureau of Plant Genetic Resources ( nbpgr ). The new clones are expected to solve a significant paradox in the plantation sector in Kerala, where eucalyptus, introduced for its

Publication Date: 
29/04/1998
Down to Earth [2]
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Eucalyptus [3], Genetic Cloning [4], India [5], Kerala [6]
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