Economic grasses of India and their ecological significance

Sandhya Sharma; Preeti Singh Parihar Gupta; Nidhi Mahendru; Mithlesh Kumar Sinha; Sweta Mishra; Sanjeet Kumar

doi:10.36808/if/2025/v151i9/170920

Economic grasses of India and their ecological significance

Authors

Sandhya Sharma M.R.S. Government College, Patharia, Damoh, Madhya Pradesh
Preeti Singh Parihar Gupta Government Rajmata Vijaya Raje Sindhiya Kanya Mahavidyalaya, Kawardha, Chhattisgarh
Nidhi Mahendru Guru Nanak Khalsa College, Yamuna Nagar, Haryana
Mithlesh Kumar Sinha Department of Botany, Govt. College Sarona, Kanker, Saheed Mahendra Karma University, Bastar, Jagdalpur, Chhattisgarh
Sweta Mishra Ambika Prasad Research Foundation, Odisha
Sanjeet Kumar Ambika Prasad Research Foundation, Odisha

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https://doi.org/10.36808/if/2025/v151i9/170920

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