Yield and composition of oil from Japanese cornmint fresh and dry material harvested successively

Agronomy Journal

Volumn 102, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1652-1656

  Zheljazkov, Valtcho D ^a   Cantrell, Charles L ^b   Astatkie, Tess ^c  

^a MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^c DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS YIELD; DRIED BIOMASS; DRY MATERIALS; FIELD EXPERIMENT; HARVEST TIME; MENTHA CANADENSIS; MENTHONE; MISSISSIPPI; OIL CONTENTS; OIL SAMPLES; OIL YIELD;

BIOMASS; ESSENTIAL OILS;

HARVESTING;

MENTHA; MENTHA CANADENSIS;

EID: 79951643697     PISSN: 00021962     EISSN: 14350645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2134/agronj2010.0234     Document Type: Article

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