Physiological changes in boysenberry fruit during growth and ripening

Journal of Horticultural Science and Biotechnology

Volumn 81, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 525-531

  Vicente, Ariel R ^a   Costa, Lorenza ^a   Covatta, Fortunato ^b   Martínez, Gustavo A ^c   Chaves, Alicia R ^a   Civello, Pedro M ^c   Sozzi, Gabriel O ^b  

^a CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIÓN Y DESARROLLO EN CRIOTECNOLOGÍA DE ALIMENTOS CIDCA   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^c INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIONES BIOTECNOLÓGICAS   (Argentina)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RUBUS;

EID: 33744783112     PISSN: 14620316     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14620316.2006.11512098     Document Type: Article

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