Chemical composition and phytotoxicity of volatile essential oil from intact and fallen leaves of Eucalyptus citriodora

Zeitschrift fur Naturforschung - Section C Journal of Biosciences

Volumn 61, Issue 7-8, 2006, Pages 465-471

  Batish, Daizy R ^a   Singh, Harminder P ^a   Setia, Nidhi ^a   Kaur, Shalinder ^a   Kohli, Ravinder K ^a  

^a PANJAB UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Chlorophyll Content; Growth Inhibition; Monoterpenes

Indexed keywords

AMARANTHUS; AMARANTHUS VIRIDIS; CITRUS LIMON; CORYMBIA CITRIODORA; ECHINOCHLOA; ECHINOCHLOA CRUS-GALLI; EUCALYPTUS; ORYZA SATIVA; TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 33748548059     PISSN: 09395075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/znc-2006-7-801     Document Type: Article

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