Behavior of arazá (Eugenia stipitata Mc Vaugh) fruit quality traits during growth, development and ripening

Scientia Horticulturae

Volumn 111, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 220-227

  Hernandez M S ^a   Martinez O ^b   Fernandez Trujillo J P ^c  

^a INSTITUTO AMAZÓNICO DE INVESTIGACIONES CIENTÍFICAS SINCHI   (Colombia)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE LOS ANDES   (Colombia)

^c TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF CARTAGENA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Acidity; Ethylene production; Fruit anatomy; Fruit growth modeling; Harvest index; Respiration rate; Sugars

Indexed keywords

ACIDITY; ANATOMY; COLOR; DICOTYLEDON; ETHYLENE; FRUIT PRODUCTION; FRUIT SET; GROWTH CURVE; GROWTH REGULATOR; HARVESTING; ORGANIC ACID; PH; RESPIRATION; RIPENING; SUGAR;

AMAZONAS [COLOMBIA]; COLOMBIA; SOUTH AMERICA;

EUGENIA;

EID: 33846173343     PISSN: 03044238     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scienta.2006.10.029     Document Type: Article

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