Fruit quality of 'Pacific Rose' ™ apple grown under partial rootzone drying and deficit irrigation

Journal of Food, Agriculture and Environment

Volumn 5, Issue 3-4, 2007, Pages 173-178

  Van Hooijdonk, Ben M ^a   Dorji, Karma ^a   Behboudian, M Hossein ^a  

^a MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Irrigation use efficiency; Postharvest fruit quality; Water relations

Indexed keywords

MALUS X DOMESTICA; SYZYGIUM JAMBOS;

EID: 36649016880     PISSN: 14590255     EISSN: 14590263     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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