Product quality of greenhouse tomatoes: Effect of cultivars, organic N-fertilization and harvest time

European Journal of Horticultural Science

Volumn 72, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 46-51

  Kumar, Ramesh ^a   Klein, Daniela ^c   Krumbein, Angelika ^b,d   Köpke, Ulrich ^c  

^a DR Y S PARMAR UNIVERSITY OF HORTICULTURE AND FORESTRY   (India)

^b LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE OF VEGETABLE AND ORNAMENTAL CROPS   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^d LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE OF VEGETABLE AND ORNAMENTAL CROPS   (Germany)

Author keywords

carotene; Ascorbic acid; Harvest time; Lutein; Lycopene; Nitrogen; Organic tomato

Indexed keywords

ANANAS; ANANAS COMOSUS; EQUUS SUBG. HIPPOTIGRIS; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM;

EID: 33847719958     PISSN: 16114434     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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