A comparison of fruit quality and consumer preferences among three cold-climate strawberry production systems

HortTechnology

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 586-591

  Stevens, Matthew D ^a,d   Lea Cox, John D ^a   Black, Brent L ^b   Abbott, Judith A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^d NC Cooperative Extension Service   (United States)

Author keywords

Advanced matted row; Direct marketing; Fragaria xananassa; Pick your own

Indexed keywords

FRAGARIA X ANANASSA;

EID: 34648843106     PISSN: 10630198     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.21273/horttech.17.4.586     Document Type: Article

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