Effect of pre-harvest spray of zinc, calcium and boron on the storage behaviour of guava (Psidium guajava L.) fruits cv. Allahabad Safeda

Acta Horticulturae

Volumn 735, Issue , 2007, Pages 633-638

  Singh, Ramendra ^a   Chaturvedi, O P ^a   Gaur, G S ^a   Singh, Gorakh ^b  

^a C S AZAD UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE AND TECHNOLOGY   (India)

^b CENTRAL INSTITUTE FOR SUBTROPICAL HORTICULTURE   (India)

Author keywords

Borax; Calcium nitrate; Physico chemical composition; Zinc sulphate

Indexed keywords

PSIDIUM; PSIDIUM GUAJAVA;

EID: 71049167873     PISSN: 05677572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.17660/ActaHortic.2007.735.82     Document Type: Conference Paper

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