Effects of planting date and seedling age on agro-morphological characteristics, essential oil content and composition of German chamomile (Matricaria chamomilla L.) grown in Belgium

Industrial Crops and Products

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 145-152

  Mohammad, Rafieiolhossaini ^a,b   Hamid, Sodaeizadeh ^a,c   An, Adams ^d   Norbert, De Kimpe ^d   Patrick, Van Damme ^a  

^a Laboratory of Tropical and Subtropical Agronomy and Ethnobotany   (Belgium)

^b SHAHREKORD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^c YAZD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^d GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Asteraceae; Bisabolol oxide; Bisabolone oxide; Essential oil; Farnesene; Matricaria chamomilla L.; Planting date; Seedling age; Spathulenol

Indexed keywords

ASTERACEAE; BISABOLOL OXIDE; BISABOLONE; FARNESENE; PLANTING DATE; SEEDLING AGE; SPATHULENOL;

AGRICULTURE; ELECTRONIC WARFARE; ESSENTIAL OILS;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

AGE DETERMINATION; ESSENTIAL OIL; FLOWERING; GROWTH RATE; HEIGHT DETERMINATION; HERB; PERENNIAL PLANT; SEEDLING; SOWING;

BELGIUM; BENELUX; EURASIA; EUROPE; WESTERN EUROPE;

ASTERACEAE; MATRICARIA; MATRICARIA CHAMOMILLA;

AGRONOMY; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; PLANT; SEED;

EID: 71649111638     PISSN: 09266690     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.indcrop.2009.09.019     Document Type: Article

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