Bruise susceptibilities of 'Gala' apples as affected by orchard management practices and harvest date

Postharvest Biology and Technology

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 47-54

  Opara, Linus U ^a  

^a SULTAN QABOOS UNIVERSITY   (Oman)

Author keywords

Apples; Fruit mass; General bruise susceptibility; Harvest date; Impact bruising; Orchard management; Specific bruise susceptibility

Indexed keywords

MALUS X DOMESTICA; RHODOCOCCUS RHODOCHROUS;

EID: 33846364283     PISSN: 09255214     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.postharvbio.2006.08.012     Document Type: Article

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