Response of Thymus vulgaris L. to salt stress and alar (B9) in newly reclaimed soil

Journal of Applied Sciences Research

Volumn 5, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 2165-2170

  El Din, Azza A Ezz ^a   Aziz, Eman E ^a   Hendawy, S F ^a   Omer, E A ^a  

^a NATIONAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Alar (B9); Essential Oil; GLC; Medicinal and aromatic plants; Salinity; Thymus vulgaris L.

Indexed keywords

EID: 77949499086     PISSN: 1816157X     EISSN: 1819544X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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