Essential oils as allelopathic agents: Bioconversion of monoterpenes by germinating wheat seeds

Acta Horticulturae

Volumn 629, Issue , 2004, Pages 505-508

  Dudai, Nativ ^a   Ben Ami, Merav ^a   Chaimovich, Ravit ^a   Chaimovitsh, David ^a  

^a VOLCANI CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Carvone; Detoxification; Metabolism; Monoterpene

Indexed keywords

EID: 33745079751     PISSN: 05677572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.17660/ActaHortic.2004.629.65     Document Type: Conference Paper

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