Effects of varying nitrogen doses on yield, yield components and artemisinin content of Artemisia annua L.

Industrial Crops and Products

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 60-64

  Özgüven, Menşure ^a   Şener, Bilge ^b   Orhan, Ilkay ^b   Şekeroǧlu, Nazim ^c   Kirpik, Muzaffer ^a   Kartal, Murat ^d   Peşin, Ipek ^b   Kaya, Zülküf ^a  

^a CUKUROVA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b GAZI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c ORDU UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^d ANKARA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Artemisia; Artemisinin; Essential oil; Fertilization; HPLC; Malaria; Wormwood

Indexed keywords

ESSENTIAL OILS; FERTILIZERS; MALARIA CONTROL; NITROGEN; PLANTS (BOTANY);

ARTEMISININ CONTENTS; MALARIAL PARASITES; STATISTICAL EFFECTS; WORMWOOD;

HERBICIDES;

ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; DRUG; ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECT; ESSENTIAL OIL; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; FIELD SURVEY; HERB; MALARIA; NITROGEN; PARASITIC DISEASE;

CUKUROVA; EURASIA; TURKEY;

ARTEMISIA; ARTEMISIA ANNUA;

HERBICIDE; PLANT; YIELD;

EID: 36448954232     PISSN: 09266690     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.indcrop.2007.07.012     Document Type: Article

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