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Volume 2012 (2012), Article ID 232349, 5 pages
doi:10.5402/2012/232349
Research Article

Cultivar and Growing Location Effects on Fatty Acids and Minerals in White Lupin Sprouts

Harbans L. Bhardwaj and Anwar A. Hamama

Agricultural Research Station, Virginia State University, P.O. Box 9061, Petersburg, VA 23806, USA

Received 28 August 2012; Accepted 14 September 2012

Academic Editors: G. M. Dal Bello and I. Vasilakoglou

Copyright © 2012 Harbans L. Bhardwaj and Anwar A. Hamama. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

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