Productivity, oil content, and oil composition of sweet basil as a function of nitrogen and sulfur fertilization

HortScience

Volumn 43, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1415-1422

  Zheljazkov, Valtcho D ^a   Cantrell, Charles L ^b   Ebelhar, M Wayne ^c   Rowe, Dennis E ^a   Coker, Christine ^d  

^a MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NATURAL PRODUCTS UTILIZATION RESEARCH UNIT   (United States)

^c MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

( ) bornyl acetate; ( ) linalool; Essential oil; Eucalyptol; Eugenol; Ocimum basilicum

Indexed keywords

OCIMUM; OCIMUM BASILICUM;

EID: 54249160973     PISSN: 00185345     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.21273/hortsci.43.5.1415     Document Type: Article

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