Quality of 'Buerre Bosc' and 'Doyenne du Comice' pears in relation to harvest date and storage period

Postharvest Biology and Technology

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 29-37

  Elgar, H John ^a   Watkins, Christopher B ^a,b   Murray, Shona H ^a   Gunson, F Anne ^a  

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

^b Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

Ethylene; Flesh firmness; Fruit quality; Harvest date; Pear; Pyrus communis; Ripening; Sensory; Titratable acidity

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030905436     PISSN: 09255214     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0925-5214(96)00058-0     Document Type: Article

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