A musty "off" flavor in Nova Scotia potatoes is associated with 2,4,6-trichloroanisole released from pesticide-treated soils and high soil temperature

Journal of the American Society for Horticultural Science

Volumn 132, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 112-119

  Daniels Lake, Barbara J ^a   Prange, Robert K ^a   Gaul, Sonia O ^a   McRae, Kenneth B ^a   De Antueno, Roberto ^a   McLachlan, David ^b  

^a AGRICULTURE AND AGRI FOOD CANADA   (Canada)

^b CANADIAN FOOD INSPECTION AGENCY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Benzene hexachloride; Chlorothalonil; Chlorpyrifos; Fludioxonil; Gamma cyclohexane hexachloride; Imidacloprid; Linuron; Solanum tuberosum; TCA

Indexed keywords

LIMONIUS AGONUS; SOLANUM TUBEROSUM; TUBEROSUM;

EID: 33847250009     PISSN: 00031062     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.21273/jashs.132.1.112     Document Type: Article

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