Quality changes of yellow summer squash blossoms (Cucurbita pepo) during storage

Acta Horticulturae

Volumn 659, Issue , 2004, Pages 831-834

  Villalta, Alfredo M ^a   Ergun, Muharrem ^a   Berry, Adrian D ^a   Shaw, Nicole ^a   Sargent, Steven A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Edible flowers; Postharvest; Respiration; Shelf life

Indexed keywords

EID: 21244468062     PISSN: 05677572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.17660/ActaHortic.2004.659.108     Document Type: Conference Paper

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