Carotenes content in carrot roots (Daucus carota L.) as affected by cultivation and storage

Vegetable Crops Research Bulletin

Volumn 73, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 47-54

  Fikselová, Martina ^a   Mareček, Ján ^a   Mellen, Martin ^a  

^a SLOVAK UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE IN NITRA   (Slovakia)

Author keywords

carotene; carotenes; carrot; cultivation; storage

Indexed keywords

DAUCUS CAROTA;

EID: 79551702645     PISSN: 15069427     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2478/v10032-010-0017-8     Document Type: Article

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