Impact of fertilization on drought response in the medicinal herb Bupleurum chinense DC.: Growth and saikosaponin production

Industrial Crops and Products

Volumn 29, Issue 2-3, 2009, Pages 629-633

  Zhu, Zaibiao ^a,b   Liang, Zongsuo ^a   Han, Ruilian ^a   Wang, Xin ^c  

^a NORTHWEST A F UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^c HEBEI CHEMICAL AND PHARMACEUTICAL COLLEGE   (China)

Author keywords

Bupleurum chinense DC.; Drought; Growth; N and P fertilizer; Saikosaponins

Indexed keywords

ARID REGIONS; BIOMASS; DROUGHT; WATER CONTENT; WATER RECYCLING; WATER TREATMENT;

A PLANTS; BUPLEURUM CHINENSE DC.; CHINESE MEDICINES; COMBINED EFFECTS; DROUGHT RESPONSE; EFFECT OF WATERS; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; GROWTH; MEDICINAL HERBS; MEDICINAL PLANTS; N AND P FERTILIZER; ROOT BIOMASS; SAIKOSAPONIN; SAIKOSAPONINS; SEMI-ARID;

NITROGEN FERTILIZERS;

CROP YIELD; DROUGHT STRESS; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; HERB; MEDICINAL PLANT; WATER STRESS; YIELD RESPONSE;

BUPLEURUM; BUPLEURUM CHINENSE;

CROP PRODUCTION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FERTILIZER; MEDICAL USE; PLANT; STRESS; WATER; YIELD;

EID: 60749098294     PISSN: 09266690     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.indcrop.2008.08.002     Document Type: Article

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