Nutritive characterization of purslane accessions as influenced by planting date

Plant Foods for Human Nutrition

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 183-191

  Ezekwe, Michael O ^a   Omara Alwala, Thomas R ^a   Membrahtu, Tadesse ^a  

^a VIRGINIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Omega 3 fatty acids; Planting dates; Portulaca oleracea; Protein; Purslane

Indexed keywords

EID: 0033493212     PISSN: 09219668     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1008101620382     Document Type: Article

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