NPK fertilizer and yields of peppermint, Mentha X piperita

Acta Horticulturae

Volumn 502, Issue , 1999, Pages 231-236

  Jeliazkova, E A ^a   Zheljazkov, V D ^a   Craker, L E ^a   Yankov, B ^b   Georgieva, T ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^b AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (Bulgaria)

Author keywords

Aromatic plants; Essential oil; Fertilization; Labiatae; Mentha piperita; N,P,K

Indexed keywords

EID: 84879430029     PISSN: 05677572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.17660/ActaHortic.1999.502.37     Document Type: Conference Paper

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