Carotenoid and tocopherol composition of an orange-colored carrot as affected by water supply

HortScience

Volumn 49, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 729-733

  Ombódi, Attila ^a   Daood, Hussein Gehad ^a,b   Helyes, Lajos ^a  

^a SZENT ISTVÁN UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

^b CENTRAL FOOD RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Daucus carota; Irrigation; Rain fed; Tocotrienol; carotene

Indexed keywords

EID: 84903945406     PISSN: 00185345     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.21273/hortsci.49.6.729     Document Type: Article

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