Cultivation of medicinal isabgol (Plantago ovata) in alkali soils in semiarid regions of Northern India

Land Degradation and Development

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 275-283

  Dagar, J C ^a   Kumar, Y ^a   Tomar, O S ^a  

^a CENTRAL SOIL SALINITY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

Alkali sodic soil; Exchangeable sodium percentage (ESP); Hypercholesterolemia; India; Isabgol (Plantago ovata); Leaf area index (LAI); Medicinal and aromatic plants

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; CHLOROPHYLL; DRUG PRODUCTS; GRAIN (AGRICULTURAL PRODUCT); IRRIGATION; PH EFFECTS; PLANTS (BOTANY); SOILS;

ALKALI SOIL; AROMATIC PLANTS; EXCHANGEABLE SODIUM PERCENTAGE (ESP); HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; INDIA; ISABGOL (PLANTAGO OVATA); LEAF AREA INDEX (LAI); MEDICINAL PLANTS; SODIC SOIL;

CULTIVATION;

CULTIVATION; GERMINATION; LEAF AREA INDEX; MEDICINAL PLANT; PH; SEMIARID REGION; SODIC SOIL;

ASIA; EURASIA; INDIA; SOUTH ASIA;

PLANTAGO OVATA;

EID: 33745529789     PISSN: 10853278     EISSN: 1099145X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ldr.700     Document Type: Article

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