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The nutritive quality of carrots, obtained from different herbicide-treated plots and under different levels of nitrogen application ranging from zero to 80kg nitrogen/ha, was compared. There were significant differences in carotene content, T.S.S. (total soluble solids) and organolptic characteristics under the influence of different treatments. The maximum carotene content, T.S.S. and organoleptic characteristics were observed with the application of 80 kg. nitrogen/ha and fluchloralin herbicide at 0.90 and 1.20 kg/ha.
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Sandhu, K.S., Joshi, A.K. & Bajaj, K.L. Effects of nitrogen fertilizer and weed control on nutritive quality of carrots (Daucus carota L.). Plant Food Hum Nutr 38, 67–73 (1988). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01092312
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01092312