Quality assurance of cultivated and gathered medicinal plants

Acta Horticulturae

Volumn 765, Issue , 2008, Pages 67-76

  Máthé, Ákos ^a   Máthé, Imre ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WEST HUNGARY   (Hungary)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SZEGED   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Efficacy; Good agricultural practices; Good wild crafting practices; Production; Safety; Utilization; Wild crafting

Indexed keywords

EID: 42149141237     PISSN: 05677572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.17660/ActaHortic.2008.765.8     Document Type: Conference Paper

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