Advances in improving the postharvest quality of pears

Acta Horticulturae

Volumn 475, Issue , 1998, Pages 513-526

  Sugar, D ^a   Richardson, D G ^a   Chen, P M ^a   Spotts, R A ^a   Roberts, R G ^a,b   Chand Goyal, T ^a  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CRYPTOCOCCUS LAURENTII; PENICILLIUM EXPANSUM; PYRUS; RHODOTORULA GLUTINIS;

EID: 0037885551     PISSN: 05677572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.17660/ActaHortic.1998.475.63     Document Type: Conference Paper

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