Effect of soil fertilizer, foliar fertilizer, and growth regulator application on milk thistle development, seed yield, and silymarin content

Communications in Soil Science and Plant Analysis

Volumn 39, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 17-24

  Geneva, Maria ^a   Zehirov, Grigor ^a   Stancheva, Ira ^a   Iliev, Lubomir ^a   Georgiev, Georgi ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF PHYSIOLOGY   (Bulgaria)

Author keywords

Dropp ; Pix ; Regalis ; Silybum marianum L. silymarin; Tiba

Indexed keywords

CROP YIELD; CULTIVAR; DICOTYLEDON; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; GROWTH REGULATOR; SEED PRODUCTION;

SILYBUM MARIANUM;

EID: 38949099146     PISSN: 00103624     EISSN: 15322416     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00103620701758873     Document Type: Article

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