Quality and yield in St. John's wort (Hypericum perforatum L.) harvested in different phenological stages

Acta Agronomica Hungarica

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 349-358

  Hevia, F ^a   Berti, M ^a   Wilckens, R ^a   Cifuentes, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONCEPCIÓN   (Chile)

Author keywords

Flower; Harvesting stage; Hypericaceae; Hypericin; Hypericum perforatum; Leaf; Yield

Indexed keywords

EID: 11944274352     PISSN: 02380161     EISSN: 15882527     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1556/AAgr.50.2002.3.12     Document Type: Article

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