Anatomical and physiological responses of melting- and nonmelting-flesh peaches to postharvest chilling

Journal of the American Society for Horticultural Science

Volumn 123, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 668-674

  Brovelli, Ernesto A ^a,b   Brecht, Jeffrey K ^a   Sherman, Wayne B ^a   Sims, Charles A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b Nutrilite   (United States)

Author keywords

Electrical resistance; Ethylene; Histology; Mealiness; Prunus persica; Respiration

Indexed keywords

PRUNUS; PRUNUS PERSICA;

EID: 0031841056     PISSN: 00031062     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.21273/jashs.123.4.668     Document Type: Article

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