Seasonal variations in nutritional components of green asparagus using the mother fern cultivation

Scientia Horticulturae

Volumn 112, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 251-257

  Shou, Senyan ^a,b   Lu, Gang ^a,b   Huang, Xizhi ^a,b  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b BEIJING HOSPITAL   (China)

Author keywords

Asparagus; Asparagus officinalis; Composition; Nutrient quality; Seasonal change

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; BIOCHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CAROTENOID; CHLOROPHYLL; CULTIVATION; DRY MATTER; HARVESTING; MONOCOTYLEDON; NUTRITIVE VALUE; PHENOLIC COMPOUND; SEASONAL VARIATION; SUGAR; WEATHER;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST;

ASPARAGUS; ASPARAGUS OFFICINALIS; FILICOPHYTA;

EID: 33947534839     PISSN: 03044238     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scienta.2006.12.048     Document Type: Article

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