Correlation and path-coefficient analyses of ripening attributes and storage disorders in 'Ambrosia' and 'Empire' apples

Postharvest Biology and Technology

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 168-173

  Ehsani Moghaddam, Behrouz ^a   DeEll, Jennifer ^a  

^a FOOD AND RURAL AFFAIRS   (Canada)

Author keywords

Fruit maturity; Malus domestica; Path analysis; Postharvest; Storage disorder

Indexed keywords

AMBROSIA; MALUS X DOMESTICA;

EID: 57149110823     PISSN: 09255214     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.postharvbio.2008.07.006     Document Type: Article

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