Effect of plant hormones and distillation water on mints

HortScience

Volumn 45, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1338-1340

  Zheljazkov, Valtcho D ^a   Astatkie, Tess ^b   Horgan, Thomas ^a   Marie Rogers, S ^a  

^a MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

'Black Mitcham' peppermint; 'Native' spearmint; Essential oil content; Mentha spicata; Mentha piperita; Oil composition

Indexed keywords

ACHILLEA; ACHILLEA MILLEFOLIUM; AMMI MAJUS; AMMI VISNAGA; ARTEMISIA ABSINTHIUM; BALSAMITA MAJOR; CHRYSANTHEMUM; CYMBOPOGON; CYMBOPOGON FLEXUOSUS; CYMBOPOGON MARTINII; HYPERICUM PERFORATUM; LAVANDULA; LAVANDULA ANGUSTIFOLIA; MENTHA; MENTHA SPICATA; MENTHA X PIPERITA; MONARDA; MONARDA FISTULOSA;

EID: 77958121210     PISSN: 00185345     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.21273/hortsci.45.9.1338     Document Type: Article

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