Quality of golden delicious apples as affected by season and by nitrogen and potassium mineral nutrition

Acta Horticulturae

Volumn 448, Issue , 1997, Pages 487-495

  Noe N ^a   Eccher, T ^a   Porro, D ^b   Stainer, R ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b Agrarian Institute of S Michele all'Adige   (Italy)

^c Experimental Institute of Laimburg   (Italy)

Author keywords

Apple; Fruit quality; Magnesium; Malus domestica; Nitrogen; Potassium

Indexed keywords

EID: 0038013571     PISSN: 05677572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.17660/actahortic.1997.448.87     Document Type: Conference Paper

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