Drought effects on the marketable and nutritional quality of carrots

Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture

Volumn 74, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 379-391

  Sørensen, Jørn N ^a   Jørgensen, Uffe ^a   Kühn, Birka F ^a  

^a DANISH INSTITUTE OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Carotene; Carrot; Chemical composition; Cultivar; Daucus carota; Developmental stage; Dietary fibre; Drought stress; Irrigation; Nitrate; Quality; Root splitting; Soil type; Storability; Sugar; Vitamin C

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030755666     PISSN: 00225142     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0010(199707)74:3<379::AID-JSFA814>3.0.CO;2-Y     Document Type: Article

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