Effect of preharvest gibberellic acid treatments on postharvest quality of sweet cherry

Journal of Food, Agriculture and Environment

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 189-191

  Özkaya, Okan ^a   Dündar, Ömür ^a   Küden, Ali ^a  

^a CUKUROVA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Fruit firmness; Fruit quality; Gibberellic acid; Stem browning; Storage

Indexed keywords

PRUNUS AVIUM;

EID: 32044467695     PISSN: 14590255     EISSN: 14590263     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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