The impacts of yield on nutritional quality: Lessons from organic farming

HortScience

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 12-14

  Benbrook, Charles ^a  

^a Organic Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Fruits; Macronutrients; Micronutrients; Nitrogen; Vegetables

Indexed keywords

EID: 58849111362     PISSN: 00185345     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.21273/hortsci.44.1.12     Document Type: Conference Paper

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