Fruit infiltration with magnesium is a feasible way to predict bitter pit susceptibility in 'Gala' apples grown in Southern Brazil

Acta Horticulturae

Volumn 682, Issue , 2005, Pages 1271-1274

  Amarante, C V T ^a   Ernani, P R ^a   Chaves, D V ^a  

^a SANTA CATARINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Calcium; Disorder prediction; Malus domestica borkh.; Nutrition; Postharvest

Indexed keywords

EID: 33747873167     PISSN: 05677572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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