Early post-veraison growth in grapes: Evidence for a two-step mode of berry enlargement

Australian Journal of Grape and Wine Research

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 132-136

  Huang, Xu Ming ^a   Huang, Hui Bai ^a  

^a SOUTH CHINA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Berry expansion; Berry growth; Berry turgor; Cell wall loosening; Grapes; Sugar accumulation; Veraison

Indexed keywords

EID: 0035605326     PISSN: 13227130     EISSN: 17550238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1755-0238.2001.tb00200.x     Document Type: Article

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