Bitterness and composition of lettuce varieties grown in the southeastern United States

HortTechnology

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 721-726

  Simonne, Amy ^a   Simonne, Eric ^a   Eitenmiller, Ronald ^a   Coker, Christine Harris ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Ascorbic acid; Bitterness; Culture; Folate; Lactuca sativa; Lutein; Production; Tocopherols; carotene

Indexed keywords

LACTUCA; LACTUCA SATIVA;

EID: 0036784142     PISSN: 10630198     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.21273/horttech.12.4.721     Document Type: Article

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