Location and Temperature Effects on Soft Scald in 'Honeycrisp' Apples

HortScience

Volumn 38, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 1153-1155

  Tong, Cindy B S ^a   Bedford, David S ^a   Luby, James J ^a   Propsom, Faye M ^a   Beaudry, Randolph M ^b   Mattheis, James P ^c   Watkins, Christopher B ^d   Weis, Sarah A ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c U S DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE   (United States)

^d Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

Fruit maturity; Malus xdomestica; Mineral composition

Indexed keywords

ETHYLENE; HARVESTING;

SOFT SCALD;

FRUITS;

MALUS; MALUS X DOMESTICA;

EID: 0344585423     PISSN: 00185345     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.21273/hortsci.38.6.1153     Document Type: Article

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