Costs and returns of growing selected medicinal herbs in new mexico indicate positive return to land and risk likely

HortTechnology

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 681-686

  Falk, Constance L ^a   Van Voorthuizen, Hildegard ^a   Wall, Marisa M ^a   Guldan, Steven J ^a   Martin, Charles A ^a   Kleitz, Kathryn M ^a  

^a NEW MEXICO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Anemopsis californica; Cost and return estimates; Echinacea purpurea; Valeriana officinalis; Yerba mansa

Indexed keywords

ANEMOPSIS CALIFORNICA; CROTON OVALIFOLIUS; ECHINACEA PURPUREA; VALERIANA; VALERIANA OFFICINALIS;

EID: 0032841729     PISSN: 10630198     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.21273/horttech.9.4.681     Document Type: Article

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