Growth, yield and essential oil content of three cultivars of basil grown under different levels of nitrogen in the field

Scientia Horticulturae

Volumn 108, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 408-413

  Sifola, Maria Isabella ^a   Barbieri, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

Author keywords

Above ground fresh biomass; Chlorophyll; Ocimum basilicum L.; Plant morphology

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; CHLOROPHYLL; CULTIVAR; ESSENTIAL OIL; FERTILIZATION (REPRODUCTION); GROWTH; NITROGEN; PLANT COMMUNITY; YIELD;

EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

OCIMUM BASILICUM;

EID: 33646091738     PISSN: 03044238     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scienta.2006.02.002     Document Type: Article

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