Evaluation of valuable nutrients in selected genotypes of marula (Sclerocarya birrea ssp. caffra)

Scientia Horticulturae

Volumn 117, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 321-328

  Hillman, Zipi ^a   Mizrahi, Yosef ^a   Beit Yannai, Elie ^a  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

Antioxidants; Breeding; Clones; Cyclic voltammetry; Fruit; Industrial crop; Nutraceuticals; Ripening

Indexed keywords

ABSCISSION; ANTIOXIDANT; CLONE; COMMERCIAL ACTIVITY; CROP YIELD; DESERT; DICOTYLEDON; DOMESTICATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FRUIT; GENOTYPE; HORTICULTURE; NUTRITIVE VALUE; PHENOL; PHYSIOLOGY; RIPENING; VITAMIN;

ASIA; EURASIA; ISRAEL; MIDDLE EAST; NEGEV; SOUTHERN DISTRICT;

LYTHRACEAE; SCLEROCARYA BIRREA;

EID: 48949115117     PISSN: 03044238     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scienta.2008.05.008     Document Type: Article

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