Quercetin content in field-cured onions (Allium cepa L.): Effects of cultivar, lifting time, and nitrogen fertilizer level

Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry

Volumn 54, Issue 17, 2006, Pages 6185-6191

  Mogren, Lars M ^a   Olsson, Marie E ^a   Gertsson, Ulla E ^a  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Allium cepa; Cultivar; Curing; Drying; Lifting time; Nitrogen fertilizer; Onion; Quercetin glucosides

Indexed keywords

FERTILIZER; NITROGEN; QUERCETIN;

AGRICULTURE; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; ENVIRONMENT; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METHODOLOGY; ONION; SEASON;

AGRICULTURE; ENVIRONMENT; FERTILIZERS; NITROGEN; ONIONS; QUERCETIN; SEASONS;

ALLIUM CEPA;

EID: 33748525525     PISSN: 00218561     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jf060980s     Document Type: Article

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