Essential oil variation within and among natural populations of Lavandula latifolia and its relation to their ecological areas

Biochemical Systematics and Ecology

Volumn 35, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 479-488

  Muñoz Bertomeu, Jesús ^a   Arrillaga, Isabel ^a   Segura, Juan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

AHC; Bioclimatic belts; Essential oil yield; Genetic analysis; Lamiaceae; Lavandula latifolia; PCA; Spike lavender

Indexed keywords

CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DICOTYLEDON; ESSENTIAL OIL; GENETIC ANALYSIS; MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; MONOTERPENE; SHRUB;

EURASIA; EUROPE; IBERIAN PENINSULA; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

DRYOBALANOPS; LAMIACEAE; LAVANDULA; LAVANDULA LATIFOLIA; MAGNOLIOPHYTA;

EID: 34447286678     PISSN: 03051978     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bse.2007.03.006     Document Type: Article

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