Preharvest factors affecting postharvest quality of berry crops

HortScience

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 824-830

  Prange, Robert K ^a   DeEll, Jennifer R ^a  

^a AGRICULTURE AND AGRI FOOD CANADA   (Canada)

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EID: 0030878518     PISSN: 00185345     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.21273/hortsci.32.5.824     Document Type: Conference Paper

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