Postharvest quality of 'Laetitia' and 'Songold' (Prunus salicina Lindell) plums as affected by preharvest shading treatments

Postharvest Biology and Technology

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 81-92

  Murray, Xavier J ^a   Holcroft, Deirdre M ^a,b   Cook, Nigel C ^a   Wand, Stephanie J E ^a  

^a STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^b Dole Fresh Vegetables   (United States)

Author keywords

Fruit quality; Light level; Maturity; Photosynthetic photon flux density; Plums; Prunus salicina Lindell; Ripening; Storage

Indexed keywords

PRUNUS; PRUNUS DOMESTICA; PRUNUS SALICINA;

EID: 20544465918     PISSN: 09255214     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.postharvbio.2005.02.014     Document Type: Article

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