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Taheri Boukani, K., & Najafzadeh, R. (2020). Evaluation of diversity of yarrow (Achillea biebersteinii Afan. and Achillea wilhelmsii C. Koch) populations in West-Azerbaijan province based on morphological traits, essential oil percentage and composition. Iranian Journal of Horticultural Science, 51(1), 215-228. doi: 10.22059/ijhs.2019.266156.1512
MLA
Kosar Taheri Boukani; Roghayeh Najafzadeh. "Evaluation of diversity of yarrow (Achillea biebersteinii Afan. and Achillea wilhelmsii C. Koch) populations in West-Azerbaijan province based on morphological traits, essential oil percentage and composition", Iranian Journal of Horticultural Science, 51, 1, 2020, 215-228. doi: 10.22059/ijhs.2019.266156.1512
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Taheri Boukani, K., Najafzadeh, R. (2020). 'Evaluation of diversity of yarrow (Achillea biebersteinii Afan. and Achillea wilhelmsii C. Koch) populations in West-Azerbaijan province based on morphological traits, essential oil percentage and composition', Iranian Journal of Horticultural Science, 51(1), pp. 215-228. doi: 10.22059/ijhs.2019.266156.1512
VANCOUVER
Taheri Boukani, K., Najafzadeh, R. Evaluation of diversity of yarrow (Achillea biebersteinii Afan. and Achillea wilhelmsii C. Koch) populations in West-Azerbaijan province based on morphological traits, essential oil percentage and composition. Iranian Journal of Horticultural Science, 2020; 51(1): 215-228. doi: 10.22059/ijhs.2019.266156.1512