Fruit quality and volatile fraction of 'Pink Lady' apple trees in response to rootstock vigor and partial rootzone drying

Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture

Volumn 88, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 1325-1334

  Lo Bianco, Riccardo ^a   Farina, Vittorio ^a   Avellone, Giuseppe ^b   Filizzola, Felice ^b   Agozzino, Pasquale ^b  

^a Dipartimento SEnFiMiZo   (Italy)

^b Dipartimento di Chimica e Tecnologie Farmaceutiche   (Italy)

Author keywords

Apple flavor; Aroma; Deficit irrigation; Fruit peel; Gas chromatography; Mass spectrometry; Odor units; Rootstock vigor; Volatile compounds

Indexed keywords

LYCORIS SQUAMIGERA; MALUS X DOMESTICA; OENOTHERA SPECIOSA;

EID: 44349131561     PISSN: 00225142     EISSN: 10970010     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jsfa.3210     Document Type: Article

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