Effects of foliar application of micronutrients (Fe and Zn) on flower yield and essential oil of chamomile (matricaria chamomilla L.)

Journal of Medicinal Plants Research

Volumn 4, Issue 17, 2010, Pages 1733-1737

  Nasiri, Yousef ^a   Zehtab Salmasi, Saeid ^a   Nasrullahzadeh, Safar ^a   Najafi, Nosratollah ^a   Ghassemi Golezani, Kazem ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TABRIZ   (Iran)

Author keywords

Chamomile; Essential oil; Foliar application; Iron; Yield; Zinc

Indexed keywords

ESSENTIAL OIL; FERROUS SULFATE; ZINC SULFATE;

AGRICULTURAL PROCEDURES; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLOWER; FLOWER YIELD; FOLIAR APPLICATION; IRAN; MATRICARIA; NONHUMAN; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; PHYTOCHEMISTRY; PLANT GROWTH; PLANT YIELD; REACTION TIME; STEM ELONGATION; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY;

MATRICARIA CHAMOMILLA;

EID: 78149365967     PISSN: 19960875     EISSN: 19960875     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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