Macro-elements in pepper fruits

Acta Horticulturae

Volumn 731, Issue , 2007, Pages 451-455

  Radulovic M ^a   Ban, D ^a   Sladonja, B ^a   Lusetic Bursic V ^a  

^a Institute of Agriculture and Tourism   (Croatia)

Author keywords

'Fantasy F1'; Citrullus lanatus; Reducible sugars; Soluble solids; Storage period

Indexed keywords

CITRULLUS LANATUS; CITRULLUS LANATUS VAR. LANATUS;

EID: 70449379288     PISSN: 05677572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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