Bitter pit prediction in apples through Mg infiltration

Acta Horticulturae

Volumn 512, Issue , 2000, Pages 169-179

  Retamales, Jorge B ^a   Valdes, Claudio ^a   Dilley, David R ^b   León, Lorenzo ^a   Lepe, Valeria P ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE TALCA   (Chile)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ca nutrition; Fruit internal quality; Integrated bitter pit management; Mg nutrition; Physiological disorders; Prediction system; Shoot length

Indexed keywords

EID: 68949097161     PISSN: 05677572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.17660/actahortic.2000.512.17     Document Type: Conference Paper

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