Characterization of carotenoid high-producing Capsicum annuum cultivars selected for paprika production

Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry

Volumn 50, Issue 20, 2002, Pages 5711-5716

  Hornero Méndez, Dámaso ^a   Costa García, Joaquín ^b   Mínguez Mosquera, Maria Isabel ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE LA GRASA   (Spain)

^b Centra de Investigación y Desarrollo Agroalimentario   (Spain)

Author keywords

Breeding cultivars; Capsicum annuum; Carotenoid; Mechanical harvesting; Paprika

Indexed keywords

CAROTENOID; CHLOROPHYLL;

ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; BREED; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTIVAR; FOOD ANALYSIS; FOOD COMPOSITION; FOOD QUALITY; FRUIT RIPENING; HARVESTING; NONHUMAN; PEPPER;

BREEDING; CAPSICUM; CAROTENOIDS; PIGMENTS, BIOLOGICAL; SELECTION (GENETICS);

CAPSICUM; CAPSICUM ANNUUM;

EID: 0037174441     PISSN: 00218561     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jf0256236     Document Type: Article

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