Sennoside yields in Tinnevelly senna affected by deflowering and leaf maturity

HortScience

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 768-772

  Ratnayaka, H H ^a   Meurer Grimes, B ^a   Kincaid, D ^a  

^a NEW MEXICO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Agronomic practices; Photosynthesis; Secondary metabolism; Sennosides

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; HARVESTING; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; SEED;

DEFLOWERING;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

CASSIA; CASSIA ANGUSTIFOLIA; SENNA; SENNA ALEXANDRINA;

EID: 0036694327     PISSN: 00185345     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.21273/hortsci.37.5.768     Document Type: Article

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