Nitrates in vegetables produced in greece

Journal of Vegetable Crop Production

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 3-13

  Siomos, Anastasios S ^a   Dogras, Constantinos C ^a  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

Author keywords

Fruit vegetables; Leaf vegetables; Nitrate accumulation; Root vegetables

Indexed keywords

EID: 85023949939     PISSN: 10496467     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J068v05n02_02     Document Type: Article

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