Intra-clonal variation for essential oil content and composition in plants derived from leaf cuttings of rose-scented geranium (Pelargonium sp.)

Industrial Crops and Products

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 107-112

  Kulkarni, R N ^a   Baskaran, K ^a   Ramesh, S ^a   Kumar, Sushil ^a  

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

Author keywords

10 Epi eudesmol; Citronellol; Geraniol; Geranium oil; Intra clonal variation; Isomenthone; Oil composition; Oil content; Pelargonium

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030994270     PISSN: 09266690     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0926-6690(96)00169-0     Document Type: Article

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