In vitro seed germination and cultivation of the aromatic medicinal Salvia stenophylla (Burch. ex Benth.) provides an alternative source of α-bisabolol

Plant Growth Regulation

Volumn 61, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 287-295

  Musarurwa, Hannibal T ^a   van Staden, Johannes ^b   Makunga, Nokwanda P ^a  

^a STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Bisabolol; Essential oil; Lamiaceae; Plant tissue culture; Seed dormancy; Smoke induced germination

Indexed keywords

LAMIACEAE; MAGNOLIOPHYTA; SALVIA; SALVIA STENOPHYLLA;

EID: 77953476597     PISSN: 01676903     EISSN: 15735087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10725-010-9476-7     Document Type: Article

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