Fertilizer rate and β-galactosidase and peroxidase activity in pepper fruit at different stages and years of harvest

Plant Foods for Human Nutrition

Volumn 58, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 231-239

  Russo, V M ^a   Biles, C L ^b  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^b EAST CENTRAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Development; Enzymes; Fertilizer rate; Fruit; Pepper (capsicum annuum var. annuum L.)

Indexed keywords

CAPSICUM; CAPSICUM ANNUUM VAR. ANNUUM;

BETA GALACTOSIDASE; FERTILIZER; PEROXIDASE;

ARTICLE; DRUG EFFECT; ENZYMOLOGY; FOOD HANDLING; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HUMAN; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; NUTRITIONAL VALUE; PEPPER; TIME;

BETA-GALACTOSIDASE; CAPSICUM; FERTILIZERS; FOOD HANDLING; HUMANS; NUTRITIVE VALUE; PEROXIDASE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 4644235642     PISSN: 09219668     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:QUAL.0000040312.26474.29     Document Type: Article

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