Human urine and wood ash as plant nutrients for red beet (beta vulgaris) cultivation: Impacts on yield quality

Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry

Volumn 58, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 2034-2039

  Pradhan, Surendra K ^a   Holopainen, Jarmo K ^a   Weisell, Janne ^a   Heinonen Tanski, Helvi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

Author keywords

Betanin; Glucose; Nitrogen; Red beet; Urine; Wood ash

Indexed keywords

BETACYANIN; BETANIN; FERTILIZER;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; BEET; BIOMASS; CHEMISTRY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; PLANT ROOT; URINE; WOOD;

BACTERIA; BETA VULGARIS; BETACYANINS; BIOMASS; FERTILIZERS; HUMANS; PLANT ROOTS; URINE; WOOD;

BETA VULGARIS; BETA VULGARIS SUBSP. VULGARIS;

EID: 76449097777     PISSN: 00218561     EISSN: 15205118     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jf9029157     Document Type: Article

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