Effect of Drought Stress on Morphophysiological Traits of Thymus vulgaris L. in a Field Experiment, Borujerd, Iran

Subject Areas : Eco-physiology

Davod Akhzari ¹ , Hamidreza Kavian ²

1 - Faculty Member of Malayer University, Malayer 6571995863, Iran. Department of Nature Engineering
2 - Department of Nature Engineering, Faculty of Natural Resources and Environment,Malayer University, Iran

Received: 2020-12-13 Accepted : 2021-07-12 Published : 2021-10-01

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