Essential oils as allelochemicals and their potential use as bioherbicides

Journal of Chemical Ecology

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 1079-1089

  Dudai, N ^a   Poljakoff Mayber, A ^b   Mayer, A M ^b   Putievsky, E ^a   Lerner, H R ^b  

^a VOLCANI CENTER   (Israel)

^b HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

Allelochemicals; Carvacrol; Citral; Essential oils; Geranial; Herbicides; Inhibition of germination; Pulegone

Indexed keywords

ESSENTIAL OIL; HERBICIDE; PULEGONE;

ALLELOCHEMICAL; HERBICIDE; PLANT EXTRACT; WEED CONTROL;

AGRICULTURE; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; PHYTOCHEMISTRY;

AMARANTHUS; CYMBOPOGON CITRATUS; MICROMERIA; MICROMERIA FRUTICOSA; ORIGANUM; ORIGANUM SYRIACUM; TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 0032914507     PISSN: 00980331     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1020881825669     Document Type: Article

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