Environmental and physiological effects on cuticle cracking in tomato

Journal of the American Society for Horticultural Science

Volumn 122, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 797-801

  Whaley Emmons, Cheryld L ^a   Scott, John W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Disorder; Rainfall; Ripening; Yield

Indexed keywords

LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM;

EID: 1842333959     PISSN: 00031062     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.21273/jashs.122.6.797     Document Type: Article

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