N and K nutrition levels affect growth and essential oil content of costmary (Tanacetum balsamita L.)

Journal of Food, Agriculture and Environment

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 150-154

  Hassanpouraghdam, M B ^a   Tabatabaie, S J ^a   Nazemiyeh, H ^b   Aflatuni, A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TABRIZ   (Iran)

^b TABRIZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c FINNISH FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

Costmary; Essential oil content; Essential oil yield; Growth; K; N

Indexed keywords

BALSAMITA MAJOR; TANACETUM;

EID: 52949096130     PISSN: 14590255     EISSN: 14590263     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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