Towards enhancing lutein concentration in chickpea, cultivar and management effects

Plant Breeding

Volumn 129, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 407-411

  Abbo, S ^a   Bonfil, D J ^b   Kerem, Z ^a   Berkovitch, Z ^a   Reifen, R ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^b VOLCANI CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Carotenoids; Nutritional quality; Stable lutein phenotype

Indexed keywords

CICER ARIETINUM;

EID: 77958170759     PISSN: 01799541     EISSN: 14390523     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0523.2010.01767.x     Document Type: Article

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