Studies on elevated temperature, short-term storage of 'Sunrise' Summer apples using 1-MCP to maintain quality

Journal of Horticultural Science and Biotechnology

Volumn 80, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 439-446

  Toivonen, Peter M A ^a   Lu, Changwen ^a  

^a AGRICULTURE AND AGRI FOOD CANADA   (Canada)

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MALUS X DOMESTICA;

EID: 22744456134     PISSN: 14620316     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14620316.2005.11511957     Document Type: Article

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