Water on the surface aggravates microscopic cracking of the sweet cherry fruit cuticle

Journal of the American Society for Horticultural Science

Volumn 131, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 192-200

  Knoche, Moritz ^a   Peschel, Stefanie ^a  

^a MARTIN LUTHER UNIVERSITY HALLE WITTENBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Fruit growth; Microcrack; Prunus avium; Rheology; Strain; Tensile test

Indexed keywords

PRUNUS; PRUNUS AVIUM;

EID: 33645088424     PISSN: 00031062     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.21273/jashs.131.2.192     Document Type: Article

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