Impact of water stress and phosphorus fertilizer on fresh herb and essential oil content of dragonhead

International Agrophysics

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 403-407

  Said Al Ahl, H A H ^a   Abdou, M A A ^a  

^a NATIONAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Dragonhead; Essential oil; Fresh herb; Phosphorus fertilizer; Water stress

Indexed keywords

ESSENTIAL OIL; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FERTILIZER; HERB; IRRIGATION; PHOSPHORUS; SOIL MOISTURE; WATER STRESS;

DRACOCEPHALUM; DRACOCEPHALUM MOLDAVICA;

EID: 77952218070     PISSN: 02368722     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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