Yielding and Fruit Quality of Three Sweet Pepper Cultivars from Organic and Conventional Cultivation

Vegetable Crops Research Bulletin

Volumn 69, Issue , 2008, Pages 135-143

  Szafirowska, Anna ^a   Elkner, Krystyna ^a  

^a RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF HORTICULTURE   (Poland)

Author keywords

antioxidants; fruit quality; organic cultivation; pepper

Indexed keywords

EID: 74949119343     PISSN: 15069427     EISSN: 18987761     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2478/v10032-008-0028-x     Document Type: Article

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