Domestication of Wild Marigold (Tagetes minuta L.) as a Potential Economic Crop in Western Himalaya and North Indian Plains

Economic Botany

Volumn 57, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 535-544

  Singh, Virendra ^a   Singh, Bikram ^a   Kaul, Vijay K ^a  

^a CSIR INSTITUTE OF HIMALAYAN BIORESOURCE TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Agrotechnology; Constituent oriented production technology; Essential oil composition; Four crop practices; Regenerated crop; Tagetes minuta; Wild marigold

Indexed keywords

TAGETES; TAGETES GLANDULIFERA; TAGETES MINUTA;

EID: 1042291405     PISSN: 00130001     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1663/0013-0001(2003)057[0535:DOWMTM]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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