Season and cultivar influence the fruit quality response of apple cultivars to particle film treatments

HortTechnology

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 249-253

  Glenn, D Michael ^a   Drake, Stephen ^a   Abbott, Judith A ^a   Puterka, Gary J ^a   Gundrum, Patricia ^a  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

'Cameo'; 'Empire'; 'Fuji'; 'Gala'; Color; Firmness; Hue angle; Kaolin; Malus sylvestris var. domestica; Soluble solids; Starch index; Taste panel

Indexed keywords

EID: 15944378209     PISSN: 10630198     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.21273/horttech.15.2.0249     Document Type: Article

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