Preharvest and storage quality of ‘Braeburn’ apple fruit grown under water deficit conditions

New Zealand Journal of Crop and Horticultural Science

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 159-166

  Mills, T M ^a   Behboudian, M H ^a   Clothier, B E ^b  

^a MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

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

Author keywords

Fruit minerals; Fruit sugars; Mains domestica; Storage

Indexed keywords

MALUS X DOMESTICA;

EID: 0029741831     PISSN: 01140671     EISSN: 11758783     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01140671.1996.9513948     Document Type: Article

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