Yield components, light interception and marker compound accumulation of stevia (Stevia rebaudiana Bertoni) affected by planting material and plant density under western Himalayan conditions

Archives of Agronomy and Soil Science

Volumn 60, Issue 12, 2014, Pages 1731-1745

  Kumar, Rakesh ^a   Sharma, Saurabh ^a   Sood, Swati ^a  

^a CSIR INSTITUTE OF HIMALAYAN BIORESOURCE TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

biomass; plant density; planting material; stevia; steviol glycosides

Indexed keywords

STEVIA REBAUDIANA;

EID: 84904036921     PISSN: 03650340     EISSN: 14763567     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03650340.2014.909029     Document Type: Article

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