Mineral contents of whole tubers and selected tissues of ten potato cultivars grown in Jordan

Journal of Food Science and Technology

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 55-58

  Ereifej, K I ^a   Shibli, R A ^a   Ajlouni, M M ^a   Hussein, Altaf ^a  

^a JORDAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Jordan)

Author keywords

Different regions; Mineral composition; Potato; Potato cultivars; Selected tissues

Indexed keywords

EID: 0042841678     PISSN: 00221155     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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