Storage protein and amino acid contents of Tunisian and Chinese pomegranate (Punica granatum L.) cultivars

Genetic Resources and Crop Evolution

Volumn 59, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 999-1014

  Elfalleh, Walid ^a   Hannachi, Hédia ^b   Guetat, Arbi ^c   Tlili, Nizar ^d   Guasmi, Ferdaous ^a   Ferchichi, Ali ^a   Ying, Ma ^e  

^a INSTITUT DES RÉGIONS ARIDES   (Tunisia)

^b Department of Physics   (Tunisia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CARTHAGE   (Tunisia)

^d FACULTÉ DES SCIENCES DE TUNIS   (Tunisia)

^e HARBIN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Clustering analysis; Free Amino acids; PCA; Pomegranate seed; Punica granatum L.; Storage protein

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; BIOCHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CULTIVAR; FRUIT; GENETIC RESOURCE; GERMPLASM; HYBRID; PHYTOCHEMISTRY; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; PROTEIN;

CHINA; TUNISIA;

LYTHRACEAE; PUNICA GRANATUM;

EID: 84864777864     PISSN: 09259864     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10722-011-9739-9     Document Type: Article

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