Flesh browning in pink lady™ apples: Maturity at harvest is critical but how accurately can it be measured?

Acta Horticulturae

Volumn 694, Issue , 2005, Pages 399-403

  James, H ^a   Brown, G ^b   Mitcham, E ^c   Tanner, D ^d   Tustin, S ^e   Wilkinson, I ^f   Zanella, A ^g   Jobling, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b Scientific Horticulture   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d CSIRO   (Australia)

^e THE NEW ZEALAND INSTITUTE FOR PLANT AND FOOD RESEARCH LIMITED   (New Zealand)

^f Primary Industries Research   (Australia)

^g Research Centre for Agriculture and Forestry   (Italy)

Author keywords

Ethylene; Flesh browning; Maturity; Pink lady apple

Indexed keywords

EID: 56249100152     PISSN: 05677572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.17660/actahortic.2005.694.65     Document Type: Conference Paper

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