Quality of the ryegrass and lettuce yields as affected by selenium fertilization

Agricultural and Food Science in Finland

Volumn 6, Issue 5-6, 1997, Pages 381-387

  Hartikainen, Helinä ^a   Ekholm, Päivi ^a   Piironen, Vieno ^a   Xue, Tailin ^b   Koivu, Terhi ^a   Yli Halla, Markku ^a  

^a Dept of Appl Chem and Microbiol ^*  (Finland)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

Anti oxidants; Glutathione peroxidase; Se fractions; Superoxide dismutase; Vitamin E

Indexed keywords

LACTUCA; LOLIUM;

EID: 0031330262     PISSN: 12390992     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.23986/afsci.72801     Document Type: Article

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