Influence of natural essential oils and their by-products as nitrification retarders in regulating nitrogen utilization for Japanese mint in sandy loam soils of subtropical central India

Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment

Volumn 94, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 237-245

  Kiran, Usha ^a   Patra, D D ^a  

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

Author keywords

A. annua oil; Dementholized oil; Dicyandiamide; M. spicata oil; Mentha arvensis cv. Hy 77; Natural nitrification inhibitors; Subtropical central India

Indexed keywords

CROP YIELD; ESSENTIAL OIL; NITRIFICATION; SANDY LOAM; SOIL NITROGEN;

INDIA;

ARTEMISIA ANNUA; MENTHA; MENTHA ARVENSIS; MENTHA SPICATA;

EID: 0037307654     PISSN: 01678809     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-8809(02)00027-0     Document Type: Article

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