The effect of drought stress on growth parameters, essential oil yield and constituent of peppermint (Mentha piperita L.)

Journal of Medicinal Plant Research

Volumn 5, Issue 22, 2011, Pages 5360-5365

  Khorasaninejad, Sarah ^a   Mousavi, Amir ^b   Soltanloo, Hassan ^c   Hemmati, Khodayar ^c   Khalighi, Ahmad ^a  

^a ISLAMIC AZAD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^b National Institute for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology   (Iran)

^c GORGAN UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES AND NATURAL RESOURCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Drought; Essential oil; Gas chromatography mass spectroscopy (GC MS); Peppermint

Indexed keywords

BETA FARNESENE; BETA PINENE; CARYOPHYLLENE; COPAENE; ESSENTIAL OIL; GAMMA CADINENE; GERMACRENE D; ISOMENTHONE; LIMONENE; MENTHOFURAN; MENTHOL; MENTHONE; PINENE; PULEGONE; TERPINENE; TERPINEOL; VEGETABLE OIL; VIRIDIFLOROL;

ARTICLE; BIOMASS; DROUGHT STRESS; DRY WEIGHT; FRESH WEIGHT; INTERNODE; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; MENTHA PIPERITA; NONHUMAN; PLANT GROWTH; PLANT ROOT; PLANT STEM; SALINITY; SHOOT; SOIL ANALYSIS; WATER DEFICIT;

EID: 80055040852     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19960875     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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