Sweet basil (Ocimum basilicum L.) productivity and raw material quality from organic cultivation

Agronomy

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 2019, Pages

  Baczek, Katarzyna ^a   Kosakowska, Olga ^a   Gniewosz, Małgorzata ^a   Gientka, Iwona ^a   Weglarz, Zenon ^a  

^a WARSAW UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Poland)

Author keywords

Essential oil; Flavonoids; Herb yield; Linalool; Microbiological quality; Phenolic acids; Sensory; Successive harvest; Sweet basil

Indexed keywords

EID: 85066836259     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20734395     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/agronomy9060279     Document Type: Article

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