Effect of ethephon on sweet cherry pedicel-fruit retention force and quality is cultivar dependent

Plant Growth Regulation

Volumn 60, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 213-223

  Smith, Erick ^a   Whiting, Matthew ^a  

^a WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Abscission; Color; Firmness; Mechanical harvest; Prunus avium; Soluble solids

Indexed keywords

PRUNUS; PRUNUS AVIUM; PRUNUS CERASUS;

EID: 77950095225     PISSN: 01676903     EISSN: 15735087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10725-009-9435-3     Document Type: Article

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