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World Literature on Medicinal Plants Quoted/Consulted/Modified/Improved/Discussed/Used/Corrected in Pankaj Oudhia’s Medicinal Plant Database.

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Gupta, A., Thakur, M. P. and Oudhia, P. (2001).Effect of different concentrations of selected Homoeopathic drugs ,prepared from obnoxious weeds on radial growth of mushroom (Pleurotus florida).VII National Science Conference, Bhartiya Krishi Anusandhan Samitee, Directorate of Cropping System Research,Meerut,India,12-14 April.

Oudhia, P. (2001).International Parthenium Research News Group-World's first news group on obnoxious weed. In: Abstract. Biennial Conference of Eco-friendly Weed Management Options for Future Sustainable Agriculture, UAS, Bangalore, India, 23-24 May, 2001.

Oudhia, P., Dubey, O. P. and Tiwari, U.K. (2001).Present status and future prospects of cultivation and marketing of medicinal and aromatic crops: The Indian and International scenario. National Workshop on Conservation and cultivation of Medicinal and aromatic Plants, Centre for Forestry Research and Human Resources Development, Chhindwara (India), Dec.26-27, 2001.

Oudhia, P. (2002).Allelopathic potential of useful weed Calotropis gigantea R.Br: A review. In: Abstracts. Third World Congress on Allelopathy: Challenges for the New Millennium, National Institute for Agro-Environmental Sciences (NIAES), Tsukuba, Japan, Aug.26-30,2002:179.

Oudhia, P. (2002).Positive and negative allelopathic effects of different parts of leachates and extracts of different parts of an obnoxious weed Parthenium hysterophorus L. on germination and seedling vigour of selected crops. In: Abstracts. Third World Congress on Allelopathy: Challenges for the New Millennium, National Institute for Agro-Environmental Sciences (NIAES), Tsukuba, Japan, Aug.26-30,2002:130.

Oudhia, P. (2003).Cultivation and Marketing of Medicinal plants. Presented at Workshop on Prospects of Medicinal Plant in Kalahandi District organized by Kalahandi Medicinal Plant Grower's Association, Bhawanipatna, India.Dec.13-14, 2003.

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