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Cultivation ofMentha citrata Ehrh in Burdwan district, West Bengal

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The effects of variation in planting times and spacings on the growth behaviour, yield of green herbage and essential oil formation inMentha citrata in the Burdwan District of West Bengal is reported.

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  1. Department of Botany, Burdwan University, Burdwan 713 101, West Bengal

    M L Ghosh & S K Chatterjee

  2. Department of Botany, B N Mahavidyalaya, P O Itachuna 712 147, Dist. Hooghly

    M L Ghosh

  3. Cinchona and Other Medicinal Plants, Government of West Bengal, 10/1A, Indian Mirror Street, Calcutta 700 013

    S K Chatterjee

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Ghosh, M.L., Chatterjee, S.K. Cultivation ofMentha citrata Ehrh in Burdwan district, West Bengal. Proc. Indian Acad. Sci. 87, 157–160 (1978). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03046968

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