Content of bioactive compounds in baby-leaves as affected by season and growth stage at harvest

Acta Horticulturae

Volumn 1040, Issue , 2014, Pages 201-206

  Nordmark, L ^a   Gertsson, U ^b   Olsson, K ^a   Olsson, M E ^a  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^b MALMÖ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Convenience foods; Corn salad (Valerianella locusta); Field production; Glucosinolates; Rucola (Diplotaxis tenuifolia); Vitamin C

Indexed keywords

EID: 84904984828     PISSN: 05677572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.17660/ActaHortic.2014.1040.27     Document Type: Conference Paper

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