Percentage of dry matter and oil content are not reliable indicators of fruit maturity or quality in late-harvested 'Hass' avocado

HortScience

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 694-695

  Hofman, Peter J ^a   Jobin Décor, Marcelle ^b   Giles, Janet ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Maturity; Persea americana; Quality

Indexed keywords

COLLETOTRICHUM; COLLETOTRICHUM SP.; PERSEA AMERICANA;

EID: 0033929993     PISSN: 00185345     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.21273/hortsci.35.4.694     Document Type: Article

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