Agronomy and the nutritional quality of vegetables

Improving the Health-Promoting Properties of Fruit and Vegetable Products

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 392-411

  Crosby, Kevin M ^a   Jifon, John ^a   Leskovar, Daniel ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84890200935     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1533/9781845694289.4.392     Document Type: Chapter

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