Effect of foliar application of selenium on the content of se-lected amino acids in potato tubers (Solanum tuberosum L.)

Plant, Soil and Environment

Volumn 57, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 315-320

  Jezek P ^a   Hlusek J ^a   Losak T ^a   Juzl M ^a   Elzner, P ^a   Kracmar S ^b   Bunka F ^b   Martensson, A ^c  

^a MENDEL UNIVERSITY IN BRNO   (Czech Republic)

^b TOMAS BATA UNIVERSITY IN ZLIN   (Czech Republic)

^c SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Functional foods; Glutathion peroxidase; Human health

Indexed keywords

DITTA; SOLANUM TUBEROSUM;

EID: 79960608874     PISSN: 12141178     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.17221/57/2011-pse     Document Type: Article

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