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10th Conference on Medicinal and Aromatic Plants of
Southeast European Countries
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University of Belgrade, Faculty of Agriculture, Belgrade, Serbia
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I. MEDICINAL AND AROMATIC PLANTS ECOLOGY,
DIVERSITY AND ETHNOBOTANY
Monday, May 21st
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Ethnobotany of the Adriatic Islands in Croatia
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Wild Labiates Aromatic Plants and their Bee Pollinators
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The Use of Medicinal Plants in the Knin Area, Croatia
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Environmental Pollution and Heavy Metals Accumulation in Salix alba L. 30
(Salicaceae), Along the River Stream of Sitnica
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Microsatellite Diversity of Dalmatian Sage Populations from the Balkan
and Apennine Peninsulas
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Medicinal Plants as a Food Source for Pollinators – Fluctuation of 33
Attractiveness of Selected Species During the Day
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Genetic Diversity of Immortelle (+HOLFKU\VXP LWDOLFXP /Roth/ G. Don)
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Chemosystematics of the &LFKRULHDH Tribe of the Asteraceae Family
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An Analysis on Wild Edible Plants of the Turkish Asteraceae Taxa
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Predicting Suitable Habitat for Dalmatian Pyrethrum (7DQDFHWXP 39
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Some Insights into Properties of %U\RSK\WHV as Neglected Medicinal Plants
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Ethnobotany of Medicinal Plants Used in Some Parts of the Northern Black Sea 49
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