Pre-flowering harvesting of ocimum gratissimum for higher essential oil and eugenol yields under semi-arid tropics

Journal of Essential Oil Research

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 212-216

  Kothari, Sushil K ^a   Bhattacharya, Arun K ^a   Singh, Kamla ^a   Ramesh, Srinivas I ^a   Rao, Eranki V S Prakasa ^a   Garg, S N ^a  

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

Author keywords

(E) oci mene; Essential oil composition; Eugenol; Harvest management; Lamiaceae; Ocimum gratissimum; Oil yield

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOLS; BIOMASS; CROPS; FLUORESCENCE; HARVESTING; PLANTS (BOTANY); TROPICS;

(E)-Β-OCIMENE; ESSENTIAL OIL COMPOSITION; HARVEST MANAGEMENT; LAMIACEAE; OCIMUM GRATISSIMUM; OIL YIELD;

ESSENTIAL OILS;

BIOMASS; EUGENOL; FARM CROPS; FLUORESCENCE; HARVESTING; PLANTS; TROPICS; VOLATILE OIL;

BETA (BEET); LAMIACEAE; MAGNOLIOPHYTA; OCIMUM BASILICUM; OCIMUM GRATISSIMUM;

EID: 27744446313     PISSN: 10412905     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10412905.2005.9698879     Document Type: Article

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