The impact of wilt disease on oil yield and quality of two cultivars of rose-scented geranium (pelargonium species)

Journal of Essential Oil Research

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 769-775

  Rajeswara Rao, Bhaskaruni R ^a   Bhattacharya, Arun K ^a   Singh, Harikesh B ^b   Mahvarapu, Gopd R ^a  

^a CSIR CENTRAL INSTITUTE OF MEDICINAL AND AROMATIC PLANTS   (India)

^b CSIR NATIONAL BOTANICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

Biomass yield; Essential oil composition; Fusarium oxyspotwm var. redolens; Geraniaceae; Oil yield; Pelargonium species; Rose scented geranium; Wilt disease

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000460656     PISSN: 10412905     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10412905.1999.9712017     Document Type: Article

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