Modelling processes determining and limiting the production of secondary metabolites during crop growth: The example of the antimalarial artemisinin produced in Artemisia annua

Acta Horticulturae

Volumn 765, Issue , 2008, Pages 87-94

  Lommen, W J M ^a   Bouwmeester, H J ^a   Schenk, E ^a   Verstappen, F W A ^a   Elzinga, S ^a   Struik, P C ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Malaria; Medicinal plants; Modelling; Secondary plant compounds; Trichomes; Yield

Indexed keywords

ARTEMISIA ANNUA; ASTERACEAE;

EID: 42149144712     PISSN: 05677572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.17660/ActaHortic.2008.765.10     Document Type: Conference Paper

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