Surface characteristics of sweet cherry fruit: Stomata-number, distribution, functionality and surface wetting

Scientia Horticulturae

Volumn 97, Issue 3-4, 2003, Pages 265-278

  Peschel, Stefanie ^a   Beyer, Marco ^a   Knoche, Moritz ^a  

^a MARTIN LUTHER UNIVERSITY HALLE WITTENBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Contact angle; Prunus avium; Surface tension; Wetting

Indexed keywords

FRUIT; HORTICULTURE;

ADRIANA; PRUNUS AVIUM;

EID: 0037450747     PISSN: 03044238     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-4238(02)00207-8     Document Type: Article

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