Sulfur and nitrogen fertility affects flavour of field-grown onions

Plant and Soil

Volumn 269, Issue 1-2, 2005, Pages 151-158

  McCallum, John ^a   Porter, Noel ^a   Searle, Bruce ^a   Shaw, Martin ^a   Bettjeman, Bodhi ^a   McManus, Michael ^b  

^a THE NEW ZEALAND INSTITUTE FOR PLANT AND FOOD RESEARCH LIMITED   (New Zealand)

^b MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Gas chromatography; Lachrymatory factor; Nitrogen; Onions; Pungency; Sulfur

Indexed keywords

FERTILIZER APPLICATION; NITROGEN; SULFUR;

ALLIUM; ALLIUM CEPA; ALLIUM SATIVUM;

EID: 20444367488     PISSN: 0032079X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11104-004-0402-5     Document Type: Conference Paper

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