Hypobaria and hypoxia affects growth and phytochemical contents of lettuce

Scientia Horticulturae

Volumn 122, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 171-178

  Rajapakse, Nihal C ^a   He, Chuanjiu ^b   Cisneros Zevallos, Luis ^b   Davies Jr , Fred T ^b  

^a CLEMSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Controlled environments; Functional phytochemicals; Low oxygen; Low pressure

Indexed keywords

CARBOHYDRATE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); GROWTH RESPONSE; HYPOXIA; LEAFY VEGETABLE; LOW PRESSURE; NUTRITIVE VALUE; PHENOLIC COMPOUND; PHYTOCHEMISTRY; SCAVENGING (CHEMISTRY);

LACTUCA; LACTUCA SATIVA;

EID: 67649973618     PISSN: 03044238     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scienta.2009.05.002     Document Type: Article

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