Processing tomato quality as affected by irrigation scheduling

Scientia Horticulturae

Volumn 122, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 562-571

  Favati, Fabio ^a   Lovelli, Stella ^a   Galgano, Fernanda ^a   Miccolis, Vito ^a   Di Tommaso, Teodoro ^a   Candido, Vincenzo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASILICATA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Carotene; Deficit irrigation; Lycopene; Lycopersicon esculentum L. Mill; Processing tomato quality; Vitamin C

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANT; FOOD QUALITY; IRRIGATION; VEGETABLE;

EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM;

EID: 69249221460     PISSN: 03044238     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scienta.2009.06.026     Document Type: Article

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