Oil content and fatty acid composition of almond kernels from different genotypes and California production regions

Journal of the American Society for Horticultural Science

Volumn 123, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 1029-1033

  Abdallah, Ashraf ^a   Ahumada, Miguel H ^b   Gradziel, Thomas M ^b  

^a Assiut University   (Egypt)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Breeding; Interspecific recombination; Lipid; Nutrition; Prunus amygdalus; Prunus communis; Prunus dulcis; Prunus persica; Rancidity

Indexed keywords

PRUNUS AMYGDALUS; PRUNUS COMMUNIS; PRUNUS DULCIS;

EID: 0031761447     PISSN: 00031062     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.21273/jashs.123.6.1029     Document Type: Article

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