Anthocyanin levels in nine lettuce (Lactuca sativa) cultivars: Influence of planting date and relations among analytic, instrumented, and visual assessments of color

HortScience

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 232-238

  Gazula, Aparna ^a,c   Kleinhenz, Matthew D ^a   Scheerens, Joseph C ^a   Ling, Peter P ^b  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Antioxidant; Colorimeter; Crop quality; Sensory evaluation; Spectroradiometer

Indexed keywords

CULTIVATION; RADIOMETERS; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY;

CROP QUALITY; LACTUCA SATIVA; SENSORY EVALUATION; SPECTRORADIOMETERS;

CROPS;

CULTIVATION; FARM CROPS; PHOTOMETRY; RADIOMETRY; SPECTROSCOPY;

LACTUCA; LACTUCA SATIVA;

EID: 34047222681     PISSN: 00185345     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.21273/hortsci.42.2.232     Document Type: Article

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