Adaptation and agronomic performance of Artemisia annua L. under lowland humid tropical conditions

Industrial Crops and Products

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 190-197

  Brisibe, Ebiamadon Andi ^a,b   Udensi, Ogbu ^a   Chukwurah, Peter N ^a   de Magalhäes, Pedro M ^c   Figueira, Glyn Mara ^c   Ferreira, Jorge F S ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALABAR   (Nigeria)

^b NIGER DELTA UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

^d APPALACHIAN FARMING SYSTEMS RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Agronomic performance; Artemisia annua; Artemisinin based combination therapies; Glandular trichomes; Plasmodium; Soil moisture

Indexed keywords

AGRONOMIC PERFORMANCE; ARTEMISIA ANNUA; COMBINATION THERAPY; GLANDULAR TRICHOMES; PLASMODIUM;

AGRONOMY; CHEMOTHERAPY; CULTIVATION; PLANTS (BOTANY); SOIL MOISTURE;

TROPICS;

ADAPTATION; AGRICULTURAL LAND; AGRONOMY; ALTITUDE; BIOMASS; CULTIVATION; DISEASE PREVALENCE; DISEASE RESISTANCE; GERMPLASM; HERB; HUMID ENVIRONMENT; HUMID TROPICS; LOWLAND ENVIRONMENT; MALARIA; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; SOIL MOISTURE; TROPICAL ENVIRONMENT;

ARTEMISIA ANNUA;

EID: 84858274584     PISSN: 09266690     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.indcrop.2012.02.018     Document Type: Article

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