Effect of saline irrigation water on antioxidants in three hydroponically grown leafy vegetables: Diplotaxis tenuifolia, eruca sativa, and lepidium sativum

HortScience

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 546-552

  Hamilton, Jeffrey M ^a,b   Fonseca, Jorge M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Arugula; Ascorbic acid; Controlled environment agriculture; Greenhouse; Postharvest; Salinity; Total phenolics

Indexed keywords

DIPLOTAXIS TENUIFOLIA; ERUCA SATIVA; LEPIDIUM SATIVUM;

EID: 77952056619     PISSN: 00185345     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.21273/hortsci.45.4.546     Document Type: Article

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