Effects of 1-MCP treatments on fruit quality and storability of different pear varieties

Acta Horticulturae

Volumn 682, Issue , 2005, Pages 1227-1232

  Lafer, G ^a  

^a Haidegg Research Centre for Fruit Growing and Viticulture   (Austria)

Author keywords

1 MCP; Controlled atmosphere; Firmness; Fruit quality; Optimal harvest date; Pear; Pyrus x communis; Storage disorders

Indexed keywords

EID: 49149118558     PISSN: 05677572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.17660/ActaHortic.2005.682.163     Document Type: Conference Paper

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