Optimum planting densities for the production of eucalyptus oil from blue mallee (Eucalyptus polybractea) and oil mallee (E. kochii)

Industrial Crops and Products

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 219-227

  Milthorpe, P L ^a   Brooker, M I H ^b   Slee, A ^b   Nicol, H I ^a  

^a NSW AGRICULTURE   (Australia)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Blue mallee; Cineole; Essential oil; Eucalyptus kochii; Eucalyptus oil; Eucalyptus polybractea; Oil mallee; Plant density

Indexed keywords

ALTERNATIVE AGRICULTURE; CROP PRODUCTION; CULTIVATION; YIELD RESPONSE;

AUSTRALIA;

EUCALYPTUS KOCHII; EUCALYPTUS POLYBRACTEA;

EID: 0032169311     PISSN: 09266690     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0926-6690(98)00006-5     Document Type: Article

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