Nitrogen and phosphorus levels affected plant growth, essential oil composition and antioxidant status of lavender plant (Lavandula angustifolia Mill.)

Industrial Crops and Products

Volumn 83, Issue , 2016, Pages 577-586

  Chrysargyris, Antonios ^a   Panayiotou, Christakis ^a   Tzortzakis, Nikos ^a  

^a CYPRUS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Cyprus)

Author keywords

Antioxidants; Essential oil; Lavandula angustifolia; Mineral accumulation; Soilless culture

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANTS; MINERALS; MONOTERPENES; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS; PLANT LIFE EXTENSION; PLANTS (BOTANY);

BIOCHEMICAL CHARACTERISTICS; ESSENTIAL OIL COMPOSITION; ESSENTIAL OIL YIELDS; LAVANDULA ANGUSTIFOLIA; LAVANDULA ANGUSTIFOLIA MILLS; NITROGEN AND PHOSPHORUS; PHARMACEUTICAL INDUSTRY; SOIL-LESS CULTURE;

ESSENTIAL OILS;

ANTIOXIDANT; BIOACCUMULATION; BIOCHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CHLOROPHYLL; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ESSENTIAL OIL; GROWTH RATE; HYDROPONICS; MEDICINAL PLANT; MINERAL; MORPHOLOGY; NITROGEN; PHARMACEUTICAL INDUSTRY; PHOSPHORUS; SHRUB; YIELD;

DRYOBALANOPS; LAVANDULA; LAVANDULA ANGUSTIFOLIA;

EID: 84958729580     PISSN: 09266690     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.indcrop.2015.12.067     Document Type: Article

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