Secondary metabolites in maca as affected by hypocotyl color, cultivation history, and site

Agronomy Journal

Volumn 102, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 431-439

  Clément, Céline ^a   Diaz, Diego ^b   Manrique, Ivan ^c   Avula, Bharathi ^d   Khan, Ihklas A ^d   Ponce Aguirre, Dante D ^e   Kunz, Carmen ^a   Mayer, Andrea C ^a   Kreuzer, Michael ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AGRARIA LA MOLINA   (Peru)

^c INTERNATIONAL POTATO CENTER   (Peru)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI   (United States)

^e UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DANIEL ALCIDES CARRIÓN   (Peru)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOACTIVITY; BIOMOLECULES; COLOR; CULTIVATION; SOIL SURVEYS;

CAMPESTEROL; DIFFERENT SOILS; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS; FIELD EXPERIMENT; GLUCOSINOLATES; GROWTH YIELD; SECONDARY METABOLITES;

METABOLITES;

LEPIDIUM; LEPIDIUM MEYENII;

EID: 77749283490     PISSN: 00021962     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2134/agronj2009.0315     Document Type: Article

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