Development of alternative Lesquerella species in Patagonia (Argentina): Potential of Lesquerella angustifolia

Industrial Crops and Products

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 1-6

  Ploschuk, E L ^a   Cerdeiras, G ^a   Windauer, L ^a   Dierig, D A ^b   Ravetta, D A ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^b U S WATER CONSERVATION LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Arid lands; Lesquerella; New crops; Oil seed crops; Sowing date

Indexed keywords

CLIMATOLOGY; FATTY ACIDS; GENES; SEED;

SEED YIELDS;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

CROP PLANT; FATTY ACID; SOWING DATE; YIELD;

LESQUERELLA; LESQUERELLA ANGUSTIFOLIA; LESQUERELLA FENDLERI; LESQUERELLA GORDONII;

EID: 0038468415     PISSN: 09266690     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0926-6690(03)00013-X     Document Type: Article

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