Site and fruit maturity influence on the quality of European plum in organic production

Scientia Horticulturae

Volumn 122, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 540-544

  Guerra, M ^a   Casquero, P A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEÓN   (Spain)

Author keywords

'Green Gage'; Calcium; Environment; Fruit quality; Harvest date; Maturity index

Indexed keywords

FRUIT PRODUCTION; FRUITING; HARVESTING; MATURATION; ORGANIC FARMING; SHRUB;

PRUNUS DOMESTICA;

EID: 69249213472     PISSN: 03044238     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scienta.2009.07.003     Document Type: Article

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