Variation in the fatty acid composition of alpine grassland during spring and summer

Agronomy Journal

Volumn 103, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 1072-1080

  Revello Chion, A ^a   Tabacco, E ^a   Peiretti, P G ^b   Borreani, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^b INSTITUTE OF SCIENCES OF FOOD PRODUCTION   (Italy)

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EID: 79960670694     PISSN: 00021962     EISSN: 14350645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2134/agronj2010.0509     Document Type: Article

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