Fruit quality at harvest of "Jonathan" apple treated with foliarly-applied calcium chloride

Journal of Plant Nutrition

Volumn 27, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 1991-2006

  Kadir, Sorkel A ^a  

^a KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Fruit color; Fruit firmness; Malus domestica; Mineral analysis of leaves and fruit tissues; Nutrients; Titratable acidity

Indexed keywords

MALUS; MALUS X DOMESTICA;

EID: 6344228370     PISSN: 01904167     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1081/LPLA-200030102     Document Type: Article

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