Improvement in the storage quality of apples in the UK by the use of 1-MCP (SmartFresh™)

Acta Horticulturae

Volumn 599, Issue , 2003, Pages 39-47

  Johnson, David S ^a  

^a HORTICULTURE RESEARCH INTERNATIONAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

1 MCP; Firmness; Malus domestica; Quality; Scald; SmartFresh ; Storage

Indexed keywords

EID: 34247865322     PISSN: 05677572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.17660/ActaHortic.2003.599.2     Document Type: Conference Paper

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