Effect of ripeness at harvest on response of plums to treatment with 1-methylcyclopropene

Acta Horticulturae

Volumn 599, Issue , 2003, Pages 49-52

  Skog, Lisa J ^a   Schaefer, Brad H ^a   Smith, Paula G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

1 MCP; Firmness; Prunus domestica; Prunus salicina; Storage

Indexed keywords

EID: 33847155664     PISSN: 05677572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.17660/ActaHortic.2003.599.3     Document Type: Conference Paper

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