Tagetes minuta and Schinus areira essential oils as allelopathic agents

Biochemical Systematics and Ecology

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 563-572

  Scrivanti, Lidia R ^a   Zunino, María P ^b   Zygadlo, Julio A ^a  

^a Instituto Multidisciplinario de Biologia Vegetal   (Argentina)

^b Facultad de Ciencias Naturales e Instituto M Lillo   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Allelopathy; Anacardiaceae; Asteraceae; Headspace terpens; Schinus areira L.; Tagetes minuta L.

Indexed keywords

ALLELOPATHY;

ANACARDIACEAE; ASTERACEAE; SCHINUS; SCHINUS AREIRA; TAGETES; TAGETES MINUTA; ZEA; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 0037545524     PISSN: 03051978     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0305-1978(02)00202-8     Document Type: Article

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