Increasing the content of leaf and root alkaloids of high alkaloid content mutants of periwinkle through nitrogen fertilization

Industrial Crops and Products

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 191-195

  Sreevalli, Y ^a   Kulkarni, R N ^a   Baskaran, K ^a   Chandrashekara, R S ^a  

^a CSIR CENTRAL INSTITUTE OF MEDICINAL AND AROMATIC PLANTS   (India)

Author keywords

Alkaloid content; Medicinal plant; Nitrogen application; Periwinkle

Indexed keywords

BIOSYNTHESIS; DRUG PRODUCTS PLANTS; INDUSTRIAL PLANTS; METABOLITES; NITROGEN FERTILIZERS; TISSUE;

FERTILIZATION; MUTANTS;

CROPS;

ALKALOID; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; NITROGEN; OIL; TEMPERATURE; VISCOSITY;

CATHARANTHUS ROSEUS;

EID: 1242310823     PISSN: 09266690     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.indcrop.2003.09.005     Document Type: Article

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