Growing conditions and postharvest management can affect the essential oil of Origanum vulgare L. ssp. hirtum (Link) Ietswaart

Industrial Crops and Products

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 1516-1522

  Tibaldi, Giorgio ^a   Fontana, Emanuela ^a   Nicola, Silvana ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Carvacrol; Dehumidifying process; Greek oregano; Light; Soilless cultivation; Terpinene

Indexed keywords

CARVACROL; DEHUMIDIFYING PROCESS; GREEK OREGANO; SOIL-LESS CULTIVATION; TERPINENE;

CULTIVATION; DISTILLATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HUMIDITY CONTROL; HYDRATES; HYDRATION; MANAGEMENT; OVENS; PLANT EXTRACTS; SOFTWOODS; STOVES; VOLATILE FATTY ACIDS;

ESSENTIAL OILS;

ACETATE; AGRICULTURAL MANAGEMENT; BIOCHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CULTIVATION; DICOTYLEDON; DILUTION; DRY MATTER; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ESSENTIAL OIL; HARVESTING; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; LIGHT AVAILABILITY; SOIL PROFILE; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; TERPENE;

ORIGANUM; ORIGANUM VULGARE;

EID: 79960442459     PISSN: 09266690     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.indcrop.2011.05.008     Document Type: Article

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