Mineral profile and variability in vegetable amaranth (Amaranthus tricolor)

Plant Foods for Human Nutrition

Volumn 61, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 23-28

  Shukla, Sudhir ^a   Bhargava, Atul ^a   Chatterjee, A ^a   Srivastava, J ^a   Singh, N ^a   Singh, S P ^a  

^a CSIR NATIONAL BOTANICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

A. tricolor; Correlation; Foliage yield; Genetic enhancement; Minerals; Selection parameters

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; IRON; MAGNESIUM; MINERAL; NICKEL; ZINC;

AMARANTHUS; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; FOOD ANALYSIS; GENETICS; HUMAN; INDIA; PLANT LEAF; SEASON; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

AMARANTHUS; CALCIUM; FOOD ANALYSIS; HUMANS; INDIA; IRON; MAGNESIUM; MINERALS; NICKEL; PLANT LEAVES; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; SEASONS; ZINC;

AMARANTHUS; AMARANTHUS CAUDATUS; AMARANTHUS TRICOLOR;

EID: 33745974264     PISSN: 09219668     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/3-7643-7438-1_3     Document Type: Article

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