Effect of ethephon (2-chloroethylphosphonic acid) on the fruit ripening characters of rabbiteye blueberry

Scientia Horticulturae

Volumn 112, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 278-281

  Ban, Takuya ^a   Kugishima, Mihoko ^a   Ogata, Tsuneo ^b   Shiozaki, Shuji ^b   Horiuchi, Shosaku ^b   Ueda, Hisafumi ^a  

^a SHIMANE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Osaka Prefecture University   (Japan)

Author keywords

Anthocyanin; Ethephon; Fruit ripening; Rabbiteye blueberry

Indexed keywords

FRUIT; GROWTH FORM; GROWTH REGULATOR; NUTRITIVE VALUE; ORGANIC ACID; PIGMENT; RIPENING; SHRUB;

VACCINIUM;

EID: 33947515679     PISSN: 03044238     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scienta.2006.12.027     Document Type: Article

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