Effects of shade regimes and planting geometry on growth, yield and quality of the natural sweetener plant stevia (Stevia rebaudiana Bertoni) in north-western Himalaya

Archives of Agronomy and Soil Science

Volumn 59, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 963-979

  Kumar, Rakesh ^a   Sharma, Saurabh ^a   Ramesh, Kulasekaran ^b   Singh, Bikram ^a  

^a CSIR INSTITUTE OF HIMALAYAN BIORESOURCE TECHNOLOGY   (India)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SOIL SCIENCE   (India)

Author keywords

planting geometry; rebaudioside A; shade stress; Stevia rebaudiana; stevioside; yield

Indexed keywords

EID: 84879649477     PISSN: 03650340     EISSN: 14763567     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03650340.2012.699676     Document Type: Article

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