Fruit characteristics of 'York' apples during development and after storage

HortScience

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 95-98

  Ingle, Morris ^a   D'Souza, Mervyn C ^a,b   Townsend, E C ^a  

^a WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Knouse Foods Corp Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Controlled atmosphere storage; Decay; Ethylene; Firmness; Malic acid; Malus xdomestica; Refrigerated air storage; Soluble solids; Starch; Superficial scald

Indexed keywords

MALUS; MALUS X DOMESTICA; MALUS XDOMESTICA;

EID: 0033963253     PISSN: 00185345     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.21273/hortsci.35.1.95     Document Type: Article

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