Relationships between nitrogen, dry matter accumulation and glucosinolates in Eruca sativa Mills. The applicability of the critical NO 3-N levels approach

Plant and Soil

Volumn 354, Issue 1-2, 2012, Pages 347-358

  Omirou, Michalis ^a,e   Papastefanou, Chara ^b   Katsarou, Dimitra ^c   Papastylianou, Ioannis ^d   Passam, Harold C ^a   Ehaliotis, Constantinos ^a   Papadopoulou, Kalliope K ^c  

^a AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b CP FOODLAB LTD   (Cyprus)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THESSALY   (Greece)

^d Ministry of Agriculture and Natural Resources Cyprus   (Cyprus)

^e AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Cyprus)

Author keywords

Eruca; Glucosinolates; N critical levels; Nitrate environmental pollution; Plant product quality

Indexed keywords

BIOACCUMULATION; BIOMASS; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; DRY MATTER; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; HERB; LEAFY VEGETABLE; NITRATE; NITROGEN; ORGANIC COMPOUND; PLANT PRODUCT; POLLUTION EFFECT;

ERUCA; ERUCA SATIVA; ERUCA VESICARIA;

EID: 84860145988     PISSN: 0032079X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11104-011-1071-9     Document Type: Article

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