Fruit quality in 'Cripp's Pink' apple, especially colour, as affected by preharvest sprays of aminoethoxyvinylglycine and ethephon

Scientia Horticulturae

Volumn 115, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 342-351

  Whale, S K ^a   Singh, Zora ^a   Behboudian, M H ^b   Janes, J ^a   Dhaliwal, S S ^a  

^a CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b Curtin University of Technology ^*

Author keywords

Anthocyanins; Apple; AVG; Ethylene; Flavonoids and phenolic compounds; Fruit colour; Storage

Indexed keywords

COLOR; CROP IMPROVEMENT; DECIDUOUS TREE; FOOD QUALITY; FRUIT; GROWTH REGULATOR; HARVESTING; SPRAY;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

MALUS X DOMESTICA;

EID: 38749149978     PISSN: 03044238     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scienta.2007.10.015     Document Type: Article

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