Predicting harvest date for kiwifruit: Variation of soluble solids concentration with mean temperature

New Zealand Journal of Crop and Horticultural Science

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 1993, Pages 317-324

  Snelgar, W P ^a   Hopkirk, G ^a   McPherson, H G ^a  

^a THE NEW ZEALAND INSTITUTE FOR PLANT AND FOOD RESEARCH LIMITED   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Actinidia deliciosa; Fruit maturity; Kiwifruit; Soluble solids; Temperature

Indexed keywords

EID: 0027132746     PISSN: 01140671     EISSN: 11758783     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01140671.1993.9513788     Document Type: Article

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