Cultivation of milk thistle (Silybum marianum L. Gaertn.), a medicinal weed

Industrial Crops and Products

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 825-830

  Karkanis, Anestis ^a   Bilalis, Dimitrios ^b   Efthimiadou, Aspasia ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THESSALY   (Greece)

^b AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^c OPEN UNIVERSITY OF CYPRUS   (Cyprus)

Author keywords

Crop; Fertilization; Growth; Milk thistle; Silymarin; Weed

Indexed keywords

CLAY SOIL; DROUGHT CONDITIONS; DRY MATTERS; FERTILIZATION; GROWING CONDITIONS; LIMITING FACTORS; LIVER DISEASE; MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; METRIBUZIN; MILK THISTLE; NUTRIENT REQUIREMENT; PENDIMETHALIN; ROW SPACING; SANDY SOILS; SILYBIN; SILYBUM MARIANUM; SILYMARIN; SOIL TYPES; THERAPEUTIC PROPERTIES; WEED; WHOLE PLANTS;

CLAY; CROPS; CULTIVATION; DROUGHT; HERBICIDES; WEED CONTROL;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

BIOCHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CULTIVATION; DISEASE TREATMENT; DROUGHT RESISTANCE; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; HERBICIDE; IRRIGATION SYSTEM; LIMITING FACTOR; MEDICINAL PLANT; MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENT; PHENOLIC COMPOUND; PIGMENT; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; SEED; SEEDING; SOIL QUALITY; SOIL TYPE; SOWING; SPACING; WEED; WEED CONTROL;

SILYBUM MARIANUM;

EID: 79959315988     PISSN: 09266690     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.indcrop.2011.03.027     Document Type: Review

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