The effect of flower maturity and harvest timing on floral extract from Boronia megastigma (Nees)

Annals of Botany

Volumn 80, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 299-303

  Mactavish, Hazel S ^a   Menary, Robert C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Boronia megastigma(Nees); Brown boronia; Essential oils; Floral extract; Flower development; Rutaceae; Solvent extraction; ionone

Indexed keywords

BORONIA; BORONIA MEGASTIGMA; RUTACEAE;

EID: 0030777299     PISSN: 03057364     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/anbo.1997.0450     Document Type: Article

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