Effects of low nitrogen supply on tomato (Solanum lycopersicum) fruit yield and quality with special emphasis on sugars, acids, ascorbate, carotenoids, and phenolic compounds

Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry

Volumn 57, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 4112-4123

  Bénard, Camille ^a   Gautier, Hélène ^b   Bourgaud, Frédéric ^a   Grasselly, Dominique ^c   Navez, Brigitte ^c   Caris Veyrat, Catherine ^d   Weiss, Marie ^e   Génard, Michel ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE LORRAINE   (France)

^b Domaine Saint Paul   (France)

^c Ctifl Centre Technique Interprofessionnel des Fruits et Légumes   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF AVIGNON   (France)

^e UAPV   (France)

Author keywords

Acids; Ascorbate; Carotene; Flavonoids; Fruit irradiance; Fruit quality; Gap fraction; Nitrogen; Polyphenolics; Solanum lycopersicum; Sugars; Tomato

Indexed keywords

ASCORBIC ACID; CARBOHYDRATE; CARBOXYLIC ACID; CAROTENOID; NITROGEN; PHENOL DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; FRUIT; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; LIGHT; METABOLISM; TOMATO;

ASCORBIC ACID; CARBOHYDRATES; CARBOXYLIC ACIDS; CAROTENOIDS; FRUIT; LIGHT; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; NITROGEN; PHENOLS;

LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; SOLANUM;

EID: 66149110658     PISSN: 00218561     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jf8036374     Document Type: Article

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