Optimising ripening temperatures of Cavendish bananas var. 'Williams' harvested throughout the year in Queensland, Australia

Australian Journal of Experimental Agriculture

Volumn 42, Issue 7, 2002, Pages 1017-1022

  Bagnato, N ^a   Klieber, Andreas ^a   Barrett, R ^a   Sedgley, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Quality; Seasons; Shelf life; Temperature

Indexed keywords

FRUIT PRODUCTION;

EID: 0036452740     PISSN: 08161089     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/EA01162     Document Type: Article

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