Harvest date influences superficial scald development in Granny Smith apples during long term storage

Turkish Journal of Agriculture and Forestry

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 397-403

  Erkan, Mustafa ^a   Pekmezci, Mustafa ^a  

^a AKDENIZ UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Apple; Malus domestica; Maturity; Respiration; Storage; Superficial scald

Indexed keywords

ACIDITY; CROPS; ECOLOGY; FOOD STORAGE; FRUITS; SOLUBILITY; TITRATION;

FIRMNESS; HARVEST QUALITY; SUPERFICIAL SCALD DEVELOPMENT;

HARVESTING;

STORAGE;

ACIDITY; APPLES; CHLOROPHYLLS; FOOD STORAGE; FRUITS; HARVESTING; SOLUBILITY; VOLUMETRY;

MALUS; MALUS X DOMESTICA;

EID: 11944255651     PISSN: 1300011X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3906/tar-0401-2     Document Type: Article

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