Effect of cultivar, controlled atmosphere storage, and fruit ripeness on the long-term storage of highbush blueberries

HortTechnology

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 199-205

  Hancock, Jim ^a   Callow, Pete ^a   Serçe, Sedat ^b   Hanson, Eric ^a   Beaudry, Randy ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MUSTAFA KEMAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Alternaria; Calcium; Colletotrichum; Controlled atmosphere; Cultivar; Fruit quality; Fruit ripening; Storage life; Vaccinium corymbosum

Indexed keywords

ALTERNARIA; COLLETOTRICHUM; VACCINIUM; VACCINIUM CORYMBOSUM;

EID: 41149129281     PISSN: 10630198     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.21273/horttech.18.2.199     Document Type: Article

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