Consumers prefer low-priced and high-lycopene-content fresh-market tomatoes

HortTechnology

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 674-681

  Simonne, Amy H ^a   Behe, Bridget K ^b   Marshall, Maurice M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Conjoint analysis; Lycopersicon esculentum; Organic; Production style; Survey

Indexed keywords

LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; PRUNUS DOMESTICA; PYRUS COMMUNIS; VITIS SP.;

EID: 33750014975     PISSN: 10630198     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.21273/horttech.16.4.0674     Document Type: Article

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