Changes in seed and oil yield of Calendula officinalis L. as affected by different levels of nitrogen and plant density

Research on Crops

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 728-732

  Shakib, Ali Khosravi ^a   Nejad, Abdolhossein Rezaei ^a,b   Khalighi, Ahmad ^a  

^a ISLAMIC AZAD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^b LORESTAN UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Calendula officinalis l; Nitrogen fertilizer; Oil yield; Plant density; Seed yield

Indexed keywords

CALENDULA; CALENDULA OFFICINALIS;

EID: 79957846257     PISSN: 09723226     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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