Effects of spacing and harvesting time on herbage yield and quality/quantity of oil in thyme, Thymus vulgaris L.

Industrial Crops and Products

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 231-236

  Naghdi Badi, Hassanali ^a   Yazdani, Darab ^a   Ali, Sajed Mohammad ^b   Nazari, Fatemeh ^b  

^a Institute of Medicinal Plants Iran   (Iran)

^b AVICENNA RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Iran)

Author keywords

Carvacrol; Dry matter; Oil; Thymol; Thymus vulgaris

Indexed keywords

FOOD PRESERVATION; HARVESTING; OILS AND FATS; PLANTS (BOTANY);

AGRONOMICAL FACTORS; ANTIOXIDATIVE PROPERTIES;

CROPS;

CROP YIELD; HARVESTING; HERB; OIL;

LAMIACEAE; MAMMALIA; THYMUS VULGARIS;

EID: 1842787835     PISSN: 09266690     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.indcrop.2003.10.005     Document Type: Article

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