Field production of Texas native evening primrose (Oenothera spp.) as a source of gamma linolenic acid

Acta Horticulturae

Volumn 629, Issue , 2004, Pages 283-288

  Murphy, C L ^a   McKenney, C B ^a   Auld, D L ^a   Hopper, N W ^a  

^a TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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Medicinal plants

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EID: 33847060757     PISSN: 05677572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.17660/ActaHortic.2004.629.36     Document Type: Conference Paper

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