Effects of individual selection on agronomical and morphological traits and essential oil of a "Greek basil" population

Euphytica

Volumn 170, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 365-370

  Koutsos, T V ^a   Chatzopoulou, P S ^a   Katsiotis, S T ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY OF AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS   (Greece)

^b ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

Author keywords

Blooming; Composition; Essential oil; GC MS analysis; Nil competition; Phenotypic basil selection; Shape

Indexed keywords

OCIMUM; OCIMUM BASILICUM;

EID: 76149140063     PISSN: 00142336     EISSN: 15735060     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10681-009-0012-7     Document Type: Review

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