Chemical composition of tomatoes as affected by maturity and fertigation practices

Journal of Food Quality

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 147-156

  Shi, John X ^a   Le Maguer, Marc ^b   Liptay, Albert ^c   Wang, Samuel L ^b  

^a AGRICULTURE AND AGRI FOOD CANADA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^c HARROW RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTRE   (Canada)

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EID: 0033241622     PISSN: 01469428     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1745-4557.1999.tb00547.x     Document Type: Article

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