Consumer preferences for local and sustainable plant production characteristics

HortScience

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 200-208

  Behe, Bridget K ^a   Campbell, Benjamin L ^b   Hall, Charles R ^c   Khachatryan, Hayk ^d   Dennis, Jennifer H ^e   Yue, Chengyan ^f  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^c TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^e PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Chrysanthemum cv.; Conjoint; Environment; Gardening; Horticulture; Ocimum basilicum; Provenance; Solanum lycopersicum

Indexed keywords

CHRYSANTHEMUM; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; OCIMUM; OCIMUM BASILICUM;

EID: 84875499209     PISSN: 00185345     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.21273/hortsci.48.2.200     Document Type: Article

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