The effect of boron, calcium, and surface moisture on shoulder check, a quality defect in fresh-market tomato

Journal of the American Society for Horticultural Science

Volumn 129, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 599-607

  Huang, Jin Sheng ^a   Snapp, S S ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cuticle cracking; Fruit quality; Lycopersicon esculenium; Micro cracks; Nutrition

Indexed keywords

LYCOPERSICON; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM;

EID: 3042720420     PISSN: 00031062     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.21273/jashs.129.4.0599     Document Type: Article

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