Biomass production and pigment accumulation in kale grown under increasing photoperiods

HortScience

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 603-606

  Lefsrud, Mark G ^a   Kopsell, Dean A ^a   Augé, Robert M ^a   Both, A J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^b RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Brassica oleracea; Carotenoid; Chlorophyll; Irradiance; Lutein; carotene

Indexed keywords

DISEASES; FRUITS; HYDROCARBONS; PIGMENTS; PLANTS (BOTANY); TUMORS;

BRASSICA OLERACEA; CAROTENOID; LUTEIN; Β-CAROTENE;

BIOMASS;

BIOMASS; CAROTENOIDS; CHLOROPHYLLS; FRUITS; VEGETABLES;

BRASSICA OLERACEA; BRASSICA OLERACEA VAR. CAPITATA;

EID: 33646465589     PISSN: 00185345     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.21273/hortsci.41.3.603     Document Type: Article

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