Combination of low oxygen and high carbon dioxide treatmentsalters sprouting of white asparagus

Hiroaki KITAZAWA*, Naoko HASEGAWA, Masayasu NAGATA, Machiko FUKUDA, Shin-ichi WATANABE, Atsushi YAMASAKI, Atsuko URAGAMI Food Engineering Division, National Food Research Institute, NARO, Tsukuba, Japan Vegetable Production Technology Division, NARO Institute of Vegetable and Tea Science, Tsukuba, Japan Horticulture Research Division, NARO Kyushu Okinawa Agricultural Research Center, Kurume, Japan Field Crop and Horticulture Research Division, NARO Tohoku Agricultural Research Center, Morioka, Japan