α-tocopherol and β-carotene concentrations in tropical grasses as affected by increasing daylength

Communications in Soil Science and Plant Analysis

Volumn 34, Issue 3-4, 2003, Pages 519-530

  Arizmendi Maldonado, D ^a   McDowell, L R ^a   Sinclair, T R ^a   Mislevy, P ^a   Martin, F G ^b   Wilkinson, N S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; BETA CAROTENE;

FORAGE;

ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); DAY LENGTH; FORAGE; GRASS; NONHUMAN; PLANT GROWTH; SUMMER; UNITED STATES;

CYNODON; CYNODON DACTYLON; CYNODON NLEMFUENSIS; CYNODON PLECTOSTACHYUS; PASPALUM; PASPALUM NOTATUM; POACEAE;

EID: 0037233476     PISSN: 00103624     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1081/CSS-120017836     Document Type: Article

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