Essential Oil Compositions and Natural Herbicide Activity of Four Denaei Thyme (Thymus daenensis Celak.) Ecotypes

Journal of Essential Oil-Bearing Plants

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 859-874

  Kashkooli, Arman Beyraghdar ^a   Saharkhiz, Mohammad Jamal ^b  

^a TARBIAT MODARES UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^b SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

carvacrol; chemotype; ecotype; germination; Phytotoxic activity; thymol; Thymus daenensis

Indexed keywords

AMARANTHUS RETROFLEXUS; AVENA FATUA; DATURA STRAMONIUM; LAMIACEAE; LEPIDIUM SATIVUM; THYMUS (THYME); THYMUS VULGARIS;

EID: 84919957496     PISSN: 0972060X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0972060X.2014.884946     Document Type: Article

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