Influence of organic and conventional production systems on the quality of tomatoes during storage

African Journal of Agricultural Research

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 538-544

  Ünlü, Hüsnü ^a   Ünlü, Halime Özdamar ^a   Karakurt, Yaşar ^a   Padem, Hüseyin ^a,b  

^a SULEYMAN DEMIREL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b INTERNATIONAL BURCH UNIVERSITY   (Bosnia and Herzegovina)

Author keywords

Conventional; Microbial fertilization; Organic; Plant activator; Quality; Storage; Tomato

Indexed keywords

LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM;

EID: 79957489348     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1991637X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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