Effect of the harvest time on kernel quality of several almond varieties (Prunus dulcis (Mill.) D.A. Webb)

Scientia Horticulturae

Volumn 125, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 41-46

  Piscopo, A ^a   Romeo, F V ^a   Petrovicova, B ^a   Poiana, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDITERRANEA OF REGGIO CALABRIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Almond; Cluster analysis; Drying; Fatty acids; Lipids; Minerals

Indexed keywords

ACIDITY; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CULTIVAR; DATE (TIME); DECIDUOUS TREE; FATTY ACID; FRUIT; HARVESTING; LIPID; TRACE ELEMENT;

PRUNUS DULCIS;

EID: 77950595240     PISSN: 03044238     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scienta.2010.02.015     Document Type: Article

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