Capers and caperberries

Handbook of Herbs and Spices: Second Edition

Volumn 2, Issue , 2012, Pages 193-224

  Sozzi, G O ^a   Peter, K V ^b   Nirmal Babu, K ^c   Divakaran, M ^d  

^a Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Cientffícas y Técnicas ^*  (Argentina)

^b World Noni Research Foundation   (India)

^c INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SPICES RESEARCH   (India)

^d Providence Women's College   (India)

Author keywords

C. orientalis; C. sicula; C. spinosa; Caper bush; Caperberries; Capparis; Cultivation; Flavour; Glucosinolate; Orchard establishment; Pests and diseases; Plant nutrition; Postharvest technology; Reproductive biology; Volatile profiles

Indexed keywords

EID: 84942934810     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1533/9780857095688.193     Document Type: Chapter

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