Lavender as a source of novel plant compounds for the development of a natural herbicide

Journal of Chemical Ecology

Volumn 35, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 1129-1136

  Haig, Timothy J ^a   Haig, Terry J ^a   Seal, Alexa N ^a   Pratley, James E ^a   An, Min ^a   Wu, Hanwen ^a,b  

^a CHARLES STURT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b NSW DEPARTMENT OF PRIMARY INDUSTRIES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Annual ryegrass; Coumarin; Lavandula intermedia cv. Grosso; Lavender; Natural herbicide; Phytotoxicity

Indexed keywords

COUMARIN; COUMARIN DERIVATIVE; HERBICIDE; PLANT EXTRACT;

ANNUAL PLANT; BIOASSAY; CHROMATOGRAPHY; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); CROP PEST; FRACTIONATION; GRASS; HERBICIDE; PHYTOTOXICITY; WHEAT;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECT; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LAVENDER; LOLIUM; PLANT LEAF; PLANT ROOT; PLANT STEM;

COUMARINS; HERBICIDES; LAVANDULA; LOLIUM; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANT LEAVES; PLANT ROOTS; PLANT STEMS;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA;

LAVANDULA; LAVANDULA INTERMEDIA; LOLIUM; LOLIUM MULTIFLORUM; LOLIUM RIGIDUM; TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 70350412814     PISSN: 00980331     EISSN: 15731561     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10886-009-9689-2     Document Type: Article

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