Growth characters and chemical constituents of Dracocephalum moldavica L. plants in relation to compost fertilizer and planting distance

Scientia Horticulturae

Volumn 108, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 322-331

  Hussein, M S ^a   El Sherbeny, S E ^a   Khalil, M Y ^a   Naguib, N Y ^a   Aly, S M ^a  

^a NATIONAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Compost fertilizer; Dragonhead; Essential oil; Pigments; Planting distances

Indexed keywords

ANGIOSPERM; CARBOHYDRATE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; COMPOST; ESSENTIAL OIL; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; GROWTH; PIGMENT;

DRACOCEPHALUM; DRACOCEPHALUM MOLDAVICA;

EID: 33748279479     PISSN: 03044238     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scienta.2006.01.035     Document Type: Article

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