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Application of organic fertilizer appeared to enhance the phenolics and antioxidant activity accumulation of jujubes, compared to conventional fertilized jujubes. Amongst inorganic fertilizers, supplemental potassium as an individual nutrient improved the accumulation of phenolics in jujubes. Our results demonstrate that phenolics levels and antioxidant activity of jujube can be manipulated through fertilizer management and tracked by following proanthocyanidin concentrations. In a practical production context, the combination of organic fertilizers and inorganic fertilizers such as more supplemental individual potassium, and less supplemental individual nitrogen and phosphorus, might be the best management combination for achieving higher phenolic concentration, stronger antioxidant activity and a good harvest.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/molecules181012029","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2013,9,27]],"date-time":"2013-09-27T12:42:41Z","timestamp":1380285761000},"page":"12029-12040","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":26,"title":["Yields, Phenolic Profiles and Antioxidant Activities of  Ziziphus jujube Mill. in Response to Different  Fertilization Treatments"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"18","author":[{"given":"Chun-Sen","family":"Wu","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"College of Food Science and Engineering, Northwest A & F University, Yangling 712100, Shaanxi, China"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Qing-Han","family":"Gao","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"School of Public Health, Ningxia Medical University, Yinchuan 750004, Ningxia, China"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Roger","family":"Kjelgren","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Plants, Soils, and Climate, College of Agriculture, Utah State University, Logan,  UT 84322, USA"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Xu-Dan","family":"Guo","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Chinese Cereals and Oils Association, Beijing 100037, China"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Min","family":"Wang","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"College of Food Science and Engineering, Northwest A & F University, Yangling 712100, Shaanxi, China"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2013,9,27]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"3351","DOI":"10.1021\/jf4007032","article-title":"The jujube (Ziziphus jujuba Mill.) fruit: A review of current knowledge of fruit composition and health benefits","volume":"61","author":"Gao","year":"2013","journal-title":"J. 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