Allozyme and essential oil variation within and among natural Tunisian Mentha pulegium L. (Lamiaceae) populations

Acta Horticulturae

Volumn 723, Issue , 2006, Pages 117-125

  Ben Fadhel, N ^a   Mkaddem, M ^a   Boussaid M ^a  

^a Centre Urbain Nord   (Tunisia)

Author keywords

Conservation; Genetic diversity; Isozyme; Mentha pulegium; Population structure; Terpenes

Indexed keywords

LAMIACEAE; MAGNOLIOPHYTA; MENTHA PULEGIUM;

EID: 33846069306     PISSN: 05677572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.17660/actahortic.2006.723.12     Document Type: Conference Paper

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