Effects of cultivar, lifting time and nitrogen fertiliser level on quercetin content in onion (Allium cepa L.) at lifting

Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture

Volumn 87, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 470-476

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

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Allium cepa; Cultivar; Lifting time; Nitrogen fertiliser; Onion; Quercetin glucoside

Indexed keywords

ALLIUM CEPA;

EID: 33846882607     PISSN: 00225142     EISSN: 10970010     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jsfa.2735     Document Type: Article

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