Postharvest changes in sugar, organic acid, glutamic acid and antioxidant contents in tomato fruit grown under salinity stress

Environmental Control in Biology

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 111-117

  Zushi, Kazufumi ^a   Matsuzoe, Naotaka ^a  

^a PREFECTURAL UNIVERSITY OF KUMAMOTO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Antioxidant; Glutamic acid; Postharvest storage; Salinity stress; Sugar; Tomato

Indexed keywords

EID: 74249093909     PISSN: 1880554X     EISSN: 18830986     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2525/ecb.44.111     Document Type: Article

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