Field performance of somaclones of rose scented geranium (Pelargonium graveolens L'Her Ex Ait.) for evaluation of their essential oil yield and composition

Industrial Crops and Products

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 86-90

  Saxena, Gauri ^a   Laiq ur Rahman, ^b   Verma, Praveen Chandra ^c   Banerjee, Suchitra ^b   Kumar, Sushil ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LUCKNOW   (India)

^b CSIR CENTRAL INSTITUTE OF MEDICINAL AND AROMATIC PLANTS   (India)

^c CSIR NATIONAL BOTANICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

^d JAWAHARLAL NEHRU UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Essential oil; Field evaluation; Morphotypes; Pelargonium; Rose scented geranium; Somaclones

Indexed keywords

CLONING; CULTIVATION; ESSENTIAL OILS;

FIELD EVALUATION; MORPHOTYPES; PELARGONIUM; ROSE SCENTED GERANIUM; SOMACLONES;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CLONE; CROP PERFORMANCE; CULTIVAR; ESSENTIAL OIL; HERB; MORPHOTYPE; YIELD RESPONSE;

ASIA; EURASIA; INDIA; SOUTH ASIA;

PELARGONIUM; PELARGONIUM CAPITATUM; PELARGONIUM GRAVEOLENS;

CONTROL; CULTIVATION; PLANT; YIELD;

EID: 36549086144     PISSN: 09266690     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.indcrop.2007.08.001     Document Type: Article

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