Characteristics of 10 processing tomato cultivars grown hydroponically for the NASA Advanced Life Support (ALS) Program

Journal of Food Composition and Analysis

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 141-154

  Moraru, Catalin ^a,b   Logendra, Logan ^b   Lee, Tung Ching ^a,b   Janes, Harry ^b  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Advanced life support; Cultivar screening; Ebb and flood; Harvest index; Hydroponics; Lycopene; Lycopersicon esculentum; Processing tomato; Quality evaluation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONSUMER; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTIVAR; DATA ANALYSIS; DECISION MAKING; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EVALUATION; FOOD ANALYSIS; FOOD BIOTECHNOLOGY; FOOD INTAKE; FOOD PROCESSING; GREENHOUSE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HYDROPONICS; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LONG TERM CARE; NONHUMAN; PERFORMANCE; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; PLANT GROWTH; PLANT YIELD; QUALITY CONTROL; SPACE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TOMATO; UNIVERSITY;

LYCOPERSICON; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM;

EID: 1842633851     PISSN: 08891575     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jfca.2003.08.003     Document Type: Article

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