Selection of tomato rich in nutritional terpenes

Natural Products: Phytochemistry, Botany and Metabolism of Alkaloids, Phenolics and Terpenes

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 2853-2881

  Cebolla Cornejo, Jaime ^a   Roselló, Salvador ^b   Nuez, Fernando ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE VALÈNCIA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITAT JAUME I   (Spain)

Author keywords

Breeding; Genetic engineering; Lycopene; carotene

Indexed keywords

EID: 84963542838     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-22144-6_127     Document Type: Chapter

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