Lesquerella fendleri seed oil content and composition: Harvest date and plant population effects

Industrial Crops and Products

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 245-252

  Brahim, Kebe ^a   Stumpf, David K ^a   Ray, Dennis T ^a   Dierig, David A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b U S WATER CONSERVATION LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Fatty acids; Harvesting dates; Lesquerolic acid; Plant populations

Indexed keywords

LESQUERELLA FENDLERI;

EID: 0030239462     PISSN: 09266690     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0926-6690(96)80001-J     Document Type: Article

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