Impact of nitrogen and sulfur fertilization on the composition of glucosinolates in relation to sulfur assimilation in different plant organs of broccoli

Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry

Volumn 57, Issue 20, 2009, Pages 9408-9417

  Omirou, Michalis D ^a   Papadopoulou, Kalliope K ^b   Papastylianou, Ioannis ^c   Constantinou, Maria ^d   Karpouzas, Dimitrios G ^b   Asimakopoulos, Ioannis ^a   Ehaliotis, Constantinos ^a  

^a AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THESSALY   (Greece)

^c Ministry of Agriculture and Natural Resources Cyprus   (Cyprus)

^d CP FOODLAB LTD   (Cyprus)

Author keywords

Broccoli; Glucosinolates; HPLC; Nitrogen fertilization; Sulfur

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSINOLATE; NITROGEN; SULFUR;

ARTICLE; BRASSICA; CHEMISTRY; HISTOLOGY; METABOLISM; PLANT LEAF; PLANT ROOT; ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY;

BRASSICA; GLUCOSINOLATES; NITROGEN; PLANT LEAVES; PLANT ROOTS; SULFUR;

BRASSICA OLERACEA VAR. CAPITATA; BRASSICA OLERACEA VAR. ITALICA;

EID: 70350291950     PISSN: 00218561     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jf901440n     Document Type: Article

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