Ecotypic variation in plant characteristics for Origanum vulgare subsp. hirtum populations

Biochemical Systematics and Ecology

Volumn 39, Issue 4-6, 2011, Pages 562-569

  Gavalas, Nikolaos P ^a   Kalburtji, Kiriaki L ^a   Kokkini, Stella ^b   Mamolos, Andreas P ^a   Veresoglou, Demetrios S ^a  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^b ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

Author keywords

Cost in plant growth; Essential oil; Evolution; Glandular trichome; Secondary compounds

Indexed keywords

ARIDITY; CORRELATION; DICOTYLEDON; DROUGHT STRESS; ECOTYPE; ESSENTIAL OIL; GROWTH RATE; OIL PRODUCTION; PHYTOMASS; RHIZOME; SAMPLING; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; TEMPERATURE TOLERANCE; TRICHOME;

GREECE;

ORIGANUM; ORIGANUM VULGARE;

EID: 80054953400     PISSN: 03051978     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bse.2011.08.007     Document Type: Article

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