Ethylene treatment promotes early ripening capacity in mature 'comice' pears

HortTechnology

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 89-91

  Sugar, David ^a   Basile, Sally R ^a  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Flesh firmness; Postharvest chilling requirement; Pyrus communis

Indexed keywords

PYRUS; PYRUS COMMUNIS;

EID: 29844441441     PISSN: 10630198     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.21273/horttech.16.1.0089     Document Type: Article

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