‘CR9’: A New Highly Aromatic Catnip Nepeta cataria L. Cultivar Rich in Z,E-Nepetalactone
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عنوان ژورنال: HortScience
سال: 2016
ISSN: 0018-5345,2327-9834
DOI: 10.21273/hortsci.51.5.588