Cracking and mechanical properties of the stone in peach cultivars after severe thinning

Acta Horticulturae

Volumn 592, Issue , 2002, Pages 531-536

  Nakano, Mikio ^a   Nakamura, Masaaki ^a  

^a KYOTO PREFECTURAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cleavage resistance; Elastic modulus; Fruit abscission; Maximum strain; Pit splitting; Radial tensile force

Indexed keywords

EID: 34250814905     PISSN: 05677572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.17660/ActaHortic.2002.592.71     Document Type: Conference Paper

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