Medicinal and aromatic plant materials as nitrification inhibitors for augmenting yield and nitrogen uptake of Japanese mint (Mentha arvensis L. Var. Piperascens)

Bioresource Technology

Volumn 86, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 267-276

  Kiran, Usha ^a   Patra, D D ^a  

^a CSIR CENTRAL INSTITUTE OF MEDICINAL AND AROMATIC PLANTS   (India)

Author keywords

Artemisia annua; Dicyandiamide; Mentha arvensis L.; Mentha spicata; Nimin; Nitrification inhibitors

Indexed keywords

COATING TECHNIQUES; FERTILIZERS; NITRIFICATION; PLANTS (BOTANY); SOILS; UREA;

AROMATIC PLANTS;

BIOTECHNOLOGY;

AMIDE; AZADIRACHTA INDICA EXTRACT; DICYANODIAMIDE; ESSENTIAL OIL; FERTILIZER; NITROGEN; PEPPERMINT OIL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UREA;

NITRIFICATION;

NITRIFICATION; PLANT;

ARTICLE; BULK DENSITY; MATERIAL COATING; NITRIFICATION; NITROGEN UPTAKE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOIL ANALYSIS; SOIL FERTILIZATION; BIOAVAILABILITY; MENTHA; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; SOIL;

ARTEMISIA; ARTEMISIA ANNUA; AZADIRACHTA INDICA; MENTHA; MENTHA ARVENSIS; MENTHA SPICATA;

BIOLOGICAL AVAILABILITY; FERTILIZERS; MENTHA; NITROGEN; SOIL; UREA;

EID: 0037290196     PISSN: 09608524     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0960-8524(02)00143-8     Document Type: Article

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