Elicitors: A tool for improving fruit phenolic content

Agriculture (Switzerland)

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 33-52

  Ruiz García, Yolanda ^a   Gómez Plaza, Encarna ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MURCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Benzothiadiazole; Chitosan; Elicitor; Harpin; Methyl jasmonate; Salicylic acid

Indexed keywords

EID: 84890211425     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20770472     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/agriculture3010033     Document Type: Article

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