Influence of an increased NaCl concentration on yield and quality of cherry tomato grown in posidonia (Posidonia oceanica (L) Delile)

Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture

Volumn 84, Issue 14, 2004, Pages 1885-1890

  Serio, Francesco ^a   De Gara, Laura ^b,c   Caretto, Sofia ^d   Leo, Lucia ^d   Santamaria, Pietro ^c  

^a Ist Sci Produzioni Alimentari   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY CAMPUS BIO MEDICO   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

^d Sezione di Lecce   (Italy)

Author keywords

tocopherol; Ascorbic acid; Cherry tomato; Dehydroascorbic acid; Dry matter; Fruit cations; Glutathione; Lycopene; Soilless; Substrate; Total soluble solids; Water use efficiency

Indexed keywords

LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM VAR. CERASIFORME; POSIDONIA; POSIDONIA OCEANICA;

EID: 7044286382     PISSN: 00225142     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jsfa.1883     Document Type: Article

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