Students' attitudes about fruit and vegetable quality at Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania

Acta Horticulturae

Volumn 682, Issue , 2005, Pages 659-664

  Borsari, B ^a   Liller, L ^a  

^a SLIPPERY ROCK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Food education; Fruit quality; Slippery Rock University; Sustainability; Vegetable quality

Indexed keywords

EID: 43749122978     PISSN: 05677572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.17660/ActaHortic.2005.682.85     Document Type: Conference Paper

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