Differences in Essential Oil Composition of Basil (Ocimum basilicum L.) Italian Cultivars Related to Morphological Characteristics

Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry

Volumn 44, Issue 12, 1996, Pages 3926-3929

  Marotti, Mauro ^a   Piccaglia, Roberta ^a   Giovanelli, Enrico ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Basil cultivars; Chemotypes; Essential oil composition; Morphological characteristics; Ocimum basilicum L

Indexed keywords

BASILICUM; OCIMUM BASILICUM;

EID: 0001496331     PISSN: 00218561     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jf9601067     Document Type: Article

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