Yield and oil composition of 38 basil (Ocimum basilicum L.) accessions grown in Mississippi

Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 241-245

  Zheljazkov, Valtcho D ^a   Callahan, Amber ^b   Cantrell, Charles L ^b  

^a MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NATURAL PRODUCTS UTILIZATION RESEARCH UNIT   (United States)

Author keywords

Basil; Chemotypes; Essential oil composition; Ocimum basilicum; Oil content; Yields

Indexed keywords

ANISOLE DERIVATIVE; CINNAMIC ACID DERIVATIVE; CINNAMIC ACID METHYL ESTER; ESTRAGOLE; EUGENOL; LINALOOL; TERPENE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VEGETABLE OIL;

ARTICLE; BASIL; BREEDING; CHEMISTRY; DESICCATION; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; UNITED STATES;

ANISOLES; BREEDING; CINNAMATES; DESICCATION; EUGENOL; GENOTYPE; MISSISSIPPI; MONOTERPENES; OCIMUM BASILICUM; PLANT OILS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

OCIMUM; OCIMUM BASILICUM;

EID: 38549156540     PISSN: 00218561     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jf072447y     Document Type: Article

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