Inter-specific and inter-cultivar variations in the essential oil profiles of lemongrass

Journal of Essential Oil Research

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 361-364

  Bhattacharya, Anm K ^a   Kaul, Pran N ^a   Rajeswara Rao, Bhaskanmi R ^a   Mallavarapu, Gopal R ^a   Ramesh, Srinivas I ^a  

^a CSIR CENTRAL INSTITUTE OF MEDICINAL AND AROMATIC PLANTS   (India)

Author keywords

Citral; Cultivars; Cymbopogon flexuosus; Cymbopogon khasianus x cymbopogon pendulus; Cymbopogon pendulus; Essential oil composition; Geranial; Geraniol; Lemongrass; Neral; Poaceae

Indexed keywords

EID: 85009596289     PISSN: 10412905     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10412905.1997.10554262     Document Type: Article

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