Using ethylene as a sprout control agent in stored 'Russet Burbank' potatoes

Journal of the American Society for Horticultural Science

Volumn 123, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 463-469

  Prange, Robert K ^a   Kalt, Willy ^a   Daniels Lake, Barbara J ^a   Liew, Chiam L ^a   Page, Robyne T ^a   Walsh, John R ^b   Dean, Paul ^b   Coffin, Robert ^c  

^a AGRICULTURE AND AGRI FOOD CANADA   (Canada)

^b McCain Foods Limited   (Canada)

^c Cavendish Farms   (Canada)

Author keywords

Fry color; Solanum tuberosum; Sprout abscission

Indexed keywords

SOLANUM; SOLANUM TUBEROSUM; TUBEROSUM;

EID: 0031947408     PISSN: 00031062     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.21273/jashs.123.3.463     Document Type: Article

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