The influence of reflective film and ReTain on red skin coloration and maturity of 'Gala' apples

HortTechnology

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 640-645

  Layne, Desmond R ^a   Jiang, Zhengwang ^a   Rushing, James W ^a  

^a CLEMSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Firmness; Light quality; Light quantity; Malus sylvestris var. domestica; Soluble solids; Starch pattern index

Indexed keywords

MALUS; MALUS SYLVESTRIS; MALUS X DOMESTICA;

EID: 0036784117     PISSN: 10630198     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.21273/horttech.12.4.640     Document Type: Article

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