Storage life and ripening behavior of 'Cascade' pears as influenced by harvest maturity and storage temperature

Fruit Varieties Journal

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 138-147

  Ma, Shu Shang ^a   Chen, Paul M ^b   Mielke, Eugene A ^b  

^a Shaanxi Fruit Crop Research Center   (China)

^b OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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