Stimulation of soil microbial activity by essential oils

Chemoecology

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 41-45

  Vokou, D ^a   Liotiri, S ^a  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

Author keywords

Aromatic plants; Coridothymus capitatus; Lavanchila angustifolia (Lamiaceae); Mediterranean type ecosystems; Mentha spicata; Microorganisms; Origanum vulgare; Rosmarinus officinalis; Soil respiration

Indexed keywords

EID: 0009239154     PISSN: 09377409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s000490050032     Document Type: Article

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