Plant growth and essential oil content and composition of satureja hortensis L. cv. saturn in response to calcium carbonate and nitrogen application rates

Journal of Medicinal Plants Research

Volumn 5, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1859-1866

  Mumivand, Hasan ^a   Babalar, Mesbah ^a   Hadian, Javad ^b   Fakhr Tabatabaei, Mohammad ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEHRAN   (Iran)

^b SHAHID BEHESHTI UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Calcium carbonate; Carvacrol; Essential oil; Nitrogen; Satureja hortensis L.

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM CARBONATE; CARYOPHYLLENE; ESSENTIAL OIL; MYRCENE; NITROGEN; TERPINENE;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FERTILIZATION; NONHUMAN; PHYTOCHEMISTRY; PLANT GROWTH; PLANT HEIGHT; PLANT LEAF; PLANT YIELD; SATUREJA HORTENSIS; SAVORY; SPECIES CULTIVATION;

SATUREJA HORTENSIS;

EID: 84860406566     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19960875     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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