Stand establishment technologies for processing carrots

Acta Horticulturae

Volumn 631, Issue , 2004, Pages 105-116

  Lada, R ^a   Stiles, A ^a   Surette, M A ^a   Caldwell, C ^a   Nowak, J ^a,b   Sturz, A V ^c   Blake, T J ^d  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c PEI Department of Agriculture and Forestry   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Ambiol; Anticrustants; Antioxidants; Antistress compounds; Bioconditioning; Carrots; Emergence; Endophytes; Germination; Glycinebetaine; Thermogenic compounds; Vigor; Water deficit

Indexed keywords

EID: 21244468172     PISSN: 05677572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.17660/ActaHortic.2004.631.12     Document Type: Conference Paper

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