Characterization of amino acid and S-alk(en)yl-L-cysteine sulfoxide production in Japanese bunching onion carrying an extra chromosome of shallot

Journal of the Japanese Society for Horticultural Science

Volumn 80, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 322-333

  Masamura, Noriya ^a,b   Yaguchi, Shigenori ^b,d   Ono, Yasunori ^b   Nakajima, Tetsuya ^b   Masuzaki, Shin ichi ^c   Imai, Shinsuke ^a   Yamauchi, Naoki ^b   Shigyo, Masayoshi ^b  

^a House Foods Corporation   (Japan)

^b TOTTORI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c Forensic Science Laboratory   (Japan)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF VEGETABLE AND TEA SCIENCE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Alien monosomic addition line; Allium cepa Aggregatum group; Allium fistulosum; Sulfur assimilation

Indexed keywords

ALLIUM ASCALONICUM; ALLIUM CEPA; ALLIUM FISTULOSUM;

EID: 79960863450     PISSN: 18823351     EISSN: 1882336X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2503/jjshs1.80.322     Document Type: Article

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