Interspecific variation in sodium and potassium ion accumulation and essential oil metabolism in three cymbopogon species raised under sodium chloride stress

Journal of Essential Oil Research

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 413-418

  Ansari, S R ^a   Abad Farooqi, A H ^a   Sharma, S ^a  

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

Author keywords

Cymbopogon flexuosus; Cymbopogon martinii; Cymbopogon winterianus; K accumulation; K Na ratio; Na accumulation; Oil quality; Oil yield; Poaceae; Sodium chloride stress

Indexed keywords

EID: 0006421255     PISSN: 10412905     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10412905.1998.9700931     Document Type: Article

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