Effect of smoke-water and a smoke-isolated butenolide on the growth and genotoxicity of commercial onion

Scientia Horticulturae

Volumn 124, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 434-439

  Kulkarni, M G ^a   Ascough, G D ^a   Verschaeve, L ^b,c   Baeten, K ^b,c   Arruda, M P ^d   Van Staden, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

^b SCIENTIFIC INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^d FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Allium cepa L.; Bulb; Butenolide; Genotoxicity; Growth; Onion; Smoke solutions

Indexed keywords

CROP PRODUCTION; FURAN; GENOTOXICITY; GREENHOUSE ECOSYSTEM; GROWTH RATE; MONOCOTYLEDON;

ALLIUM CEPA;

EID: 77950457851     PISSN: 03044238     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scienta.2010.02.005     Document Type: Article

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