Flesh browning of 'Pink lady'™ apples: Why do symptoms occur? results from an international collaborative study

Acta Horticulturae

Volumn 682, Issue , 2005, Pages 851-858

  Jobling, J ^a   Tanner, D ^b   Zanella, A ^c   Brown, G ^d   Tustin, S ^e   Mitcham, E ^f   Wilkinson, I ^g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

^c Research Centre for Agriculture and Forestry   (Italy)

^d Scientific Horticulture   (Australia)

^e THE NEW ZEALAND INSTITUTE FOR PLANT AND FOOD RESEARCH LIMITED   (New Zealand)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^g DPI Victoria   (Australia)

Author keywords

Crop load; Density; Flesh browning; Maturity

Indexed keywords

EID: 33846521962     PISSN: 05677572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.17660/actahortic.2005.682.110     Document Type: Conference Paper

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