Influence of Nitrogen Fertilizers on the Yield and Composition of Thyme (Thymus vulgaris)

Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry

Volumn 51, Issue 26, 2003, Pages 7751-7758

  Baranauskiene, Renata ^a   Venskutonis, Petras Rimantas ^a   Viškelis, Pranas ^b   Dambrauskiene, Edita ^b  

^a KAUNAS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Lithuania)

^b INSTITUTE OF AGRICULTURE   (Lithuania)

Author keywords

Chemical composition; Essential oil; Labiatae; Nitrogen fertilizers; Thyme; Thymus vulgaris; Yield

Indexed keywords

ASCORBIC ACID; CAROTENE; CARVACROL; NITRATE; NITROGEN FERTILIZER; SUCROSE; TERPINENE; THYMOL; VEGETABLE OIL;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CROP PRODUCTION; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HERB; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NONHUMAN; SOIL FERTILIZATION; THYME;

ASCORBIC ACID; CARBOHYDRATES; FERTILIZERS; NITROGEN; OILS, VOLATILE; PLANT OILS; THYMOL; THYMUS GLAND;

LAMIACEAE; THYMUS VULGARIS;

EID: 0348110236     PISSN: 00218561     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jf0303316     Document Type: Article

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