Productivity, essential oil yield, and heavy metal accumulation in lemon grass (Cymbopogon flexuosus) under varied wastewater-groundwater irrigation regimes

Industrial Crops and Products

Volumn 45, Issue , 2013, Pages 270-278

  Lal, Khajanchi ^a   Yadav, R K ^a   Kaur, Ravinder ^b   Bundela, D S ^a   Khan, M Inayat ^a   Chaudhary, Madhu ^a   Meena, R L ^a   Dar, S R ^a   Singh, Gurbachan ^a  

^a CENTRAL SOIL SALINITY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

^b INDIAN AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

Aromatic and medicinal plants; Conjunctive use; Metal contamination; Optimum loading; Response function

Indexed keywords

CONJUNCTIVE USE; MEDICINAL PLANTS; METAL CONTAMINATION; OPTIMUM LOADING; RESPONSE FUNCTIONS;

AROMATIC COMPOUNDS; CROPS; GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; IRRIGATION; LEAD; LOADING; OILS AND FATS; PLANTS (BOTANY); POLLUTION; PRODUCTIVITY; SOILS; WASTEWATER TREATMENT; WATER QUALITY;

ESSENTIAL OILS;

BIOACCUMULATION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); CROP PRODUCTION; ESSENTIAL OIL; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FOOD CHAIN; GRASS; GROUNDWATER; HEAVY METAL; HERB; IRRIGATION SYSTEM; LYSIMETER; MEDICINAL PLANT; PRODUCTIVITY; SANDY LOAM; SOIL FERTILITY; WASTE DISPOSAL; WASTEWATER; WATER QUALITY;

CYMBOPOGON; CYMBOPOGON CITRATUS; CYMBOPOGON FLEXUOSUS;

EID: 84872742727     PISSN: 09266690     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.indcrop.2013.01.004     Document Type: Article

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