Variability in mineral composition of Indian eggplant (Solanum melongena L.) genotypes

Journal of Food Composition and Analysis

Volumn 26, Issue 1-2, 2012, Pages 173-176

  Arivalagan, M ^a   Gangopadhyay, K K ^a   Kumar, Gunjeet ^b   Bhardwaj, Rakesh ^a   Prasad, T V ^a   Sarkar, S K ^c   Roy, Anirban ^a  

^a NATIONAL BUREAU OF PLANT GENETIC RESOURCES   (India)

^b Directorate of floriculture   (India)

^c ICAR INDIAN AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

Aubergine; Biodiversity; Commercial varieties; Cultivar differences; Dry matter; Eggplant; Food analysis; Food composition; Food security; Indian genotypes; Macro minerals; Micro minerals; Solanum melongena; Trace elements

Indexed keywords

SOLANUM MELONGENA;

EID: 84862027189     PISSN: 08891575     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jfca.2012.03.001     Document Type: Article

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