Herbage yield, essential oil content and composition of three oregano (Origanum vulgare L.) populations as affected by soil moisture regimes and nitrogen supply

Industrial Crops and Products

Volumn 29, Issue 2-3, 2009, Pages 554-561

  Azizi, Ali ^a   Yan, Feng ^a   Honermeier, Bernd ^a  

^a JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Carvacrol; Essential oil; Nitrogen application; Origanum vulgare; Soil moisture regime

Indexed keywords

CULTIVATION; EXPERIMENTS; GROUNDWATER; MOISTURE; MOISTURE DETERMINATION; NITROGEN; NONMETALS; PERMITTIVITY; SOIL MOISTURE; SOILS; VALUE ENGINEERING; WATER CONTENT; WATER SUPPLY;

CARVACROL; ESSENTIAL OIL; NITROGEN APPLICATION; ORIGANUM VULGARE; SOIL MOISTURE REGIME;

ESSENTIAL OILS;

DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; ESSENTIAL OIL; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; FORAGE; HERB; NITROGEN; SOIL MOISTURE; WATER USE EFFICIENCY;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; GERMANY;

ORIGANUM; ORIGANUM VULGARE;

MOISTURE; OIL; PLANT EXTRACT; YIELD;

EID: 60449116038     PISSN: 09266690     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.indcrop.2008.11.001     Document Type: Article

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