Essential oils from Mediterranean Lamiaceae as weed germination inhibitors

Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry

Volumn 51, Issue 21, 2003, Pages 6158-6164

  Angelini, Luciana G ^a   Carpanese, Giovanna ^a   Cioni, Pier Luigi ^a   Morelli, Ivano ^a   Macchia, Mario ^a   Flamini, Guido ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Allelopathy; Capsicum annuum; Chenopodium album; Crops; Echinochloa crus galli; Essential oil composition; Germination inhibitors; Lamiaceae; Portulaca oleracea; Raphanus sativus; Rosmarinus officinalis; Satureja montana; Terpenes; Thymus vulgaris; Weeds

Indexed keywords

BORNEOL; CARVACROL; CINEOLE; ESSENTIAL OIL; PINENE; TERPENE DERIVATIVE; THYMOL;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CROP; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; GERMINATION; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NONHUMAN; PHYTOCHEMISTRY; PLANT SEED; ROSEMARY; THYME; WEED;

CHROMATOGRAPHY, GAS; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; GERMINATION; HERBICIDES; OILS, VOLATILE; PLANT OILS; ROSMARINUS; SATUREJA; SEEDS; THYMUS PLANT;

CAPSICUM; CAPSICUM ANNUUM; CHENOPODIUM; CHENOPODIUM ALBUM; ECHINOCHLOA; ECHINOCHLOA CRUS-GALLI; GALLI; LACTUCA; LACTUCA SATIVA; LAMIACEAE; PORTULACA; PORTULACA OLERACEA; RAPHANUS SATIVUS; ROSMARINUS OFFICINALIS; SATUREJA; SATUREJA MONTANA; THYMUS VULGARIS;

EID: 0141483189     PISSN: 00218561     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jf0210728     Document Type: Article

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