Organically fertilized onions (Allium cepa L.): Effects of the fertilizer placement method on quercetin content and soil nitrogen dynamics

Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry

Volumn 56, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 361-367

  Mogren, Lars M ^a   Caspersen, Siri ^a   Olsson, Marie E ^a   Gertsson, Ulla E ^a  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Allium cepa; Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF); HPLC; Inorganic fertilizer; Nitrogen fertilizer; Onion; Organic fertilizer; Quercetin glucosides

Indexed keywords

FERTILIZER; NITROGEN; QUERCETIN;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HEALTH FOOD; ONION; SOIL;

FERTILIZERS; HEALTH FOOD; NITROGEN; ONIONS; QUERCETIN; SOIL;

ALLIUM CEPA; ARBUSCULAR; FUNGI;

EID: 38949105822     PISSN: 00218561     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jf071813a     Document Type: Article

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