Irrigation with diluted seawater improves the nutritional value of cherry tomatoes

Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry

Volumn 56, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 3391-3397

  Sgherri, Cristina ^a   Kadlecová, Zuzana ^a   Pardossi, Alberto ^a   Navari Izzo, Flavia ^a   Izzo, Riccardo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Ascorbic acid; Cell redox status; Cherry tomato; Lipoic acid; Lycopersicon esculentum L.; Phenols; Salinity; Tocopherols

Indexed keywords

ASCORBIC ACID; CARBOXYLIC ACID; NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE PHOSPHATE; SEA WATER; TOCOPHEROL;

AGRICULTURE; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; FRUIT; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METHODOLOGY; NUTRITIONAL VALUE; TOMATO;

AGRICULTURE; ASCORBIC ACID; CARBOXYLIC ACIDS; FRUIT; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; NADP; NUTRITIVE VALUE; SEAWATER; TOCOPHEROLS;

LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM VAR. CERASIFORME;

EID: 44349134071     PISSN: 00218561     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jf0733012     Document Type: Article

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