Consumer evaluation of scab-resistant apple cultivars in Sweden

Agricultural and Food Science

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 388-401

  Jönsson, Åsa ^a   Nybom, Hilde ^a  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Apple; Fruit attributes; Fruit characteristics; Malus; Scab resistant; Sensory evaluation; Sugar content

Indexed keywords

MALUS; MALUS X DOMESTICA;

EID: 33947250722     PISSN: 14596067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2137/145960606780061470     Document Type: Article

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