Influence of orchard, harvest date and controlled atmosphere, on storage quality of "Rocha" pear

Acta Horticulturae

Volumn 599, Issue , 2003, Pages 639-645

  Ribeiro, C J O ^a   Nazare Pereira A ^a   Sobreiro, J ^b   Veltman, R H ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TRÁS OS MONTES AND ALTO DOURO   (Portugal)

^b FRUTUS   (Portugal)

^c WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Disorders; Firmness; PH; Size; Soluble solids; Starch

Indexed keywords

EID: 58149132066     PISSN: 05677572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.17660/ActaHortic.2003.599.83     Document Type: Conference Paper

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