A Commercial Extract of Brown Macroalga (Ascophyllum nodosum) Affects Yield and the Nutritional Quality of Spinach In Vitro

Communications in Soil Science and Plant Analysis

Volumn 44, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 1873-1884

  Fan, Di ^a   Hodges, D Mark ^b   Critchley, Alan T ^c   Prithiviraj, Balakrishnan ^a  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b Agriculture and Agri Food Canada Kentville   (Canada)

^c Acadian Seaplants Limited   (Canada)

Author keywords

Ascophyllum nodosum; gene expression; Spinacia oleracea L.; total antioxidant capacity; total phenolics

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; AMMONIA; ANTIOXIDANT; BIOMASS; CHLOROPHYLL; CROP YIELD; GENE EXPRESSION; GROWTH FORM; LEAFY VEGETABLE; MACROALGA; METABOLISM; PROTEIN; SHOOT; SUCROSE;

ALGAE; ASCOPHYLLUM; ASCOPHYLLUM NODOSUM; SPINACIA OLERACEA;

EID: 84879129750     PISSN: 00103624     EISSN: 15322416     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00103624.2013.790404     Document Type: Article

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