Effects of light-temperature regimes on plant growth and essential oil yield of selected aromatic plants

Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture

Volumn 73, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 111-119

  Fahlén, Anders ^a,b   Welander, Margareta ^a   Wennersten, Ronald ^a,c  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^b STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Chamomilla recutita (L) Rausch; environmental conditions; essential oils; Mentha longifolia L; Mentha rubra L; Mentha spicata L; Mentha x piperata L; micropropagation

Indexed keywords

CHAMOMILLA; MATRICARIA; MATRICARIA RECUTITA; MENTHA; MENTHA LONGIFOLIA; MENTHA SPICATA; MENTHA X PIPERITA;

EID: 0031027622     PISSN: 00225142     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1097-0010(199701)73:1<111::aid-jsfa686>3.0.co;2-2     Document Type: Article

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