Sodium chloride in nutrient solutions can affect onion growth and flavor development

HortScience

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 1416-1420

  Chang, Pai Tsang ^a   Randle, William M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Allium cepa L.; Cysteine sulfoxide; Hydroponics; Saline; Sulfur

Indexed keywords

FLAVORS; GROWTH KINETICS; SALINITY MEASUREMENT; SODIUM CHLORIDE; SOILS;

ONION FLAVOR; PEPTIDE INTERMEDIATES;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

CYTOLOGY; FLAVOR; PLANTS; SALINITY; SODIUM CHLORIDE; SOIL;

ALLIUM; ALLIUM CEPA;

EID: 5444227702     PISSN: 00185345     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.21273/hortsci.39.6.1416     Document Type: Article

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