Nutritional evaluation of 24 Iranian Punica granatum genotypes

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Sara  Yari ¹ (Department of Horticulture, Science and Research Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran)
Seyed Abbas  Mirjalili ² (Department of Plant Production, Imam Khomeini Higher Education Center, Agricultural Research, Education and Extension Organization, Tehran, Iran)
Seyed Amir  Mousavi ³ (National Institute of Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, Tehran, Iran)
Elahe  Poorazizi ⁴ (Department of Biochemistry, Najafabad Branch, Islamic Azad University, Najafabad, Iran)

Received: 2021-10-15 Accepted : 2022-03-02 Published : 2022-03-01

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