Relationship between flesh firmness and ground color in peach as influenced by light and canopy position

Journal of the American Society for Horticultural Science

Volumn 128, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 163-170

  Lewallen, Kara Senger ^a   Marini, Richard P ^a  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Fruit quality; Hue angle; Photosynthetic photon flux; Prunus persica

Indexed keywords

PRUNUS PERSICA;

EID: 0037362476     PISSN: 00031062     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.21273/jashs.128.2.0163     Document Type: Article

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