Biological Variation in Ripening of Nectarines

Vegetable Crops Research Bulletin

Volumn 66, Issue , 2007, Pages 205-212

  Tijskens, L M M ^a   Schouten, R E ^a   Zerbini, P Eccher ^b  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b CRA Istituto Sperimentale per la Valorizzazione dei Prodotti Agricoli   (Italy)

Author keywords

biological variation; flesh colour; harvest maturity; modelling; non destructive measurement technique

Indexed keywords

EID: 70349167878     PISSN: 15069427     EISSN: 18987761     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2478/v10032-007-0023-7     Document Type: Article

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