Tocopherol and its potential for improving fruit quality in apple

Acta Horticulturae

Volumn 527, Issue , 2000, Pages 111-117

  Noga, Georg ^a   Schmitz, Michacla ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Apple; Apple scab; Fruit color; Mulus domestica; Oxidative stress; Pigments; Venturia inaequalis

Indexed keywords

LONCHOCARPUS CAPASSA; MALUS X DOMESTICA; VENTURIA INAEQUALIS;

EID: 29344468756     PISSN: 05677572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.17660/actahortic.2000.527.12     Document Type: Conference Paper

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