Differences in levels of pectic substances and firmness in fruit from six sweet cherry genotypes

Journal of the American Pomological Society

Volumn 56, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 197-201

  Choi, Cheol ^a   Toivonen, Peter ^a   Wiersma, Paul A ^a   Kappel, Frank ^a  

^a AGRICULTURE AND AGRI FOOD CANADA   (Canada)

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