Effect of ethylene in the storage environment on quality of 'Bartlett pears'

Postharvest Biology and Technology

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 371-379

  Bower, J H ^a,b   Biasi, W V ^a   Mitcham, E J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NSW AGRICULTURE   (Australia)

Author keywords

European pears; Harvest date; Internal breakdown; Scald; Temperature

Indexed keywords

PYRUS; PYRUS COMMUNIS;

EID: 0038018178     PISSN: 09255214     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0925-5214(02)00210-7     Document Type: Article

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