Precision stressing by UV-B radiation to improve quality of spinach under protected cultivation

Acta Horticulturae

Volumn 659, Issue , 2004, Pages 201-206

  Heuberger, H ^a   Praeger, U ^a   Georgi, M ^a   Schirrmacher, G ^a   Grassmann J ^a   Schnitzler, W H ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Antioxidative capacity; Ascorbic acid; Carotenoids; Chlorophyll fluorescence; Flavonoids; PAR

Indexed keywords

EID: 24644473291     PISSN: 05677572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.17660/ActaHortic.2004.659.25     Document Type: Conference Paper

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