Defining and meeting consumer requirements

Acta Horticulturae

Volumn 712 I, Issue , 2006, Pages 31-37

  Shewfelt, R L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Consumer acceptability; Expected life; Market segmentation; Quality management

Indexed keywords

EID: 33749237499     PISSN: 05677572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.17660/actahortic.2006.712.1     Document Type: Conference Paper

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