Sulfur and nitrogen availability interact to affect the flavor biosynthetic pathway in onion

Journal of the American Society for Horticultural Science

Volumn 128, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 776-783

  Coolong, Timothy W ^a   Randle, William M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

1 propenyl cysteine sulfoxide; Allium cepa; Methyl cysteine sulfoxide; Propyl cysteine sulfoxide

Indexed keywords

ALLIUM CEPA;

EID: 0043125606     PISSN: 00031062     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.21273/jashs.128.5.0776     Document Type: Article

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