Planting date effects on growth, seed yield, essential oil content and chemical composition of ajowan

Journal of Applied Biological Sciences

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 7-11

  Soleimani, Behnaz ^a,b   Khosh Khui, Morteza ^a   Ramezani, Sadrollah ^a,c  

^a SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^b ISLAMIC AZAD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^c TARBIAT MODARES UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Ajowan; Essential oil; Planting date; Seed yield; Yield components

Indexed keywords

EID: 84864744801     PISSN: 13071130     EISSN: 21460108     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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