Response of different basil varieties to soil salinity

International Agrophysics

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 183-188

  Said Al Aht, H A H ^a   Meawad, A A ^b   Abou Zeid, E N ^a   Ali, M S ^a  

^a NATIONAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (Egypt)

^b Zagazig University   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Basil; Essential oil; Eugenol; Linalool; Soil salinity

Indexed keywords

ESSENTIAL OIL; HERB; SALINITY; SOIL PROPERTY;

OCIMUM; OCIMUM BASILICUM;

EID: 77952913129     PISSN: 02368722     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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