Heat and light-induced apple skin disorders: Causes and prevention

Acta Horticulturae

Volumn 772, Issue , 2008, Pages 51-58

  Schrader, L ^a   Sun, Jianshe ^b   Zhang, Jianguang ^a   Felicetti, D ^a   Tianz, Jun ^b  

^a WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY OF HEBEI   (China)

Author keywords

'Fuji'stain; Evaporative cooling; Heat stress; Lenticel marking; Light stress; Necrosis; Photobleaching; RAYNOX ; Sunburn

Indexed keywords

MALUS; MALUS X DOMESTICA;

EID: 58149117435     PISSN: 05677572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.17660/ActaHortic.2008.772.5     Document Type: Conference Paper

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