Evaluating yield quality and quantity of garlic as affected by different farming systems and garlic clones

Pakistan Journal of Biological Sciences

Volumn 10, Issue 13, 2007, Pages 2219-2224

  Mirzaei, Reza ^a   Liaghati, H ^a   Mahdavi Damghani, A ^a  

^a SHAHID BEHESHTI UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Allicin; Garlic; Intensive; Krganic farming; Traditional

Indexed keywords

ALLIUM SATIVUM; SYZYGIUM AROMATICUM;

EID: 34447309327     PISSN: 10288880     EISSN: 18125735     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3923/pjbs.2007.2219.2224     Document Type: Article

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