Impact of environments on the accumulation of capsaicinoids in capsicum spp

HortScience

Volumn 46, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 1576-1581

  Gurung, Tulsi ^a   Techawongstien, Suchila ^a   Suriharn, Bhalang ^a   Techawongstien, Sungcom ^a  

^a KHON KAEN UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Capsaicin; Chili; Cultivars; Dihydrocapsaicin; Elevation; Pungency

Indexed keywords

EID: 84255189551     PISSN: 00185345     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.21273/hortsci.46.12.1576     Document Type: Article

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