Study of nitrogen fertilization rate on fennel cultivars for essential oil yield and composition

Journal of Vegetable Science

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 85-93

  Chatzopoulou, Paschalina S ^a   Koutsos, Theodoros V ^a   Katsiotis, Stavros T ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY OF AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS   (Greece)

^b ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

Author keywords

Foeniculum vulgare; L fenchone; Limonene D; Methyl chavicol; N fertilization; Trans anethole

Indexed keywords

FOENICULUM VULGARE;

EID: 33845891340     PISSN: 15481689     EISSN: 15481697     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J484v12n02_08     Document Type: Article

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