Sowing date, transplanting, plant density and nitrogen fertilization affect indigo production from Isatis species in a Mediterranean region of Spain

Industrial Crops and Products

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 29-39

  Sales, Ester ^a   Kanhonou, Rodolphe ^b   Baixauli, Carlos ^c   Giner, Alfonso ^c   Cooke, David ^d   Gilbert, Kerry ^d   Arrillaga, Isabel ^b   Segura, Juan ^b   Ros, Roc ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZARAGOZA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

^c Fundacióe n Ruralcaja Valencia   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Indigo yield; Indigotin; Isatis indigotica; Isatis tinctoria; Natural dyes; Woad

Indexed keywords

AGRONOMY; BIODIVERSITY; CULTIVATION; DYES; FERTILIZERS; IRRIGATION; NITROGEN;

INDIGO YIELD; INDIGOTIN; ISATIS INDIGOTICA; ISATIS TINCTORIA; NATURAL DYES;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

CROP PRODUCTION; DENSITY; FERTILIZER; SOWING DATE;

AGRONOMY; BIODIVERSITY; CULTIVATION; DYES; FERTILIZERS; IRRIGATION; NITROGEN; PLANTS; WOOD;

COMUNIDAD VALENCIA; EURASIA; EUROPE; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

ISATIS; ISATIS TINCTORIA;

EID: 31144442978     PISSN: 09266690     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.indcrop.2005.03.002     Document Type: Article

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