Relationship between canopy density and fruit quality of kiwifruit

New Zealand Journal of Crop and Horticultural Science

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 223-232

  Snelgar, W P ^a   Hopkirk, G ^a   Seelye, R J ^a   Martin, P J ^a   Manson, P J ^a  

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

Author keywords

Fruit colour; Fruit quality; Kiwifruit; Leaf area index; Maturity; Postharvest storage; Sensory quality

Indexed keywords

AROMA; CANOPY DENSITY; FLAVOR; FRUIT QUALITY; MATURATION; NEW ZEALAND; ORCHARD; RIPENING;

CANOPY; FRUIT; QUALITY CONTROL; VEGETATION STRUCTURE;

NEW ZEALAND; NORTH ISLAND; TE PUKE;

ACTINIDIA DELICIOSA;

EID: 0031736040     PISSN: 01140671     EISSN: 11758783     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01140671.1998.9514058     Document Type: Article

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