The effects of physical and chemical changes on the optimum harvest maturity in some avocado cultivars

African Journal of Biotechnology

Volumn 8, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 1878-1886

  Özdemir, Ahmet Erhan ^a   Çandir, Elif Ertürk ^a   Toplu, Celil ^a   Kaplankiran, Mustafa ^a   Demirkeser, Turan Hakan ^a   Yildiz, Ercan ^a  

^a MUSTAFA KEMAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Avocado; D rtyol; Harvest time; Quality

Indexed keywords

ACIDITY; ARTICLE; AVOCADO; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTIVAR; DRY WEIGHT; FRUIT COLOR; FRUIT DEVELOPMENT; FRUIT RIPENING; HARVEST PERIOD; NONHUMAN; PH MEASUREMENT; SEEDLING;

PERSEA AMERICANA;

EID: 66449134565     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16845315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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