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Re: Fruit/vege culture and vitamin content



You should contact Virginia Worthington who is just now completing her 
doctoral program at Johns Hopkins University on this subject; She has an 
excellent literature review of nutritional impacts of conventional vs 
alternative farming practices.  Her email is:  nutrikin@interserv.com.  
Pat Millner
USDA_ARS-Soil Microbial Systems Lab

On Fri, 9 Aug 1996 A.Harris@mirinz.org.nz wrote:

>      A student keen to do a project on influence of growing techniques 
>      (fertiliser/pesticide use) on vitamin content of crop has asked me to 
>      source information. All I have been able to find is an old (1948) 
>      reference  on the  deleterious effect of nitrogen on vitamin C 
>      concentrations in citrus! 
>      
>      Can any one suggest a recent review  as a starting point to which I 
>      might refer the student.
>      
>      Many thanks
>      
>      Alfred Harris
> 


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