Enhancement of tomato fruit lycopene by potassium is cultivar dependent

HortScience

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 159-165

  Taber, Henry ^a   Perkins Veazie, Penelope ^b   Li, Shanshan ^a,c   White, Wendy ^a   Rodermel, Steven ^a   Xu, Yang ^a  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^c RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Carotenoids; Crimson gene; Maturity; Nutrient

Indexed keywords

CROPS; ENZYMES; FERTILIZERS; HARVESTING; POTASSIUM; SOILS;

CRIMSON GENE; FRUIT CAROTENOIDS; FRUIT TISSUE; TOMATO FRUIT LYCOPENE;

FRUITS;

LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; SOLANUM;

EID: 38049105665     PISSN: 00185345     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.21273/hortsci.43.1.159     Document Type: Article

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