Optimizing the storage temperature and humidity for fresh cranberries: A reassessment of chilling sensitivity

HortScience

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 439-446

  Forney, Charles F ^a  

^a AGRICULTURE AND AGRI FOOD CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Decay; Firmness; Fruit quality; Humidity; Physiological breakdown; Storage; Temperature; Vaccinium macrocarpon

Indexed keywords

VACCINIUM MACROCARPON;

EID: 41149116135     PISSN: 00185345     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.21273/hortsci.43.2.439     Document Type: Article

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