The influence of harvest maturity and storage temperature on quality and postharvest life of semsory muskmelon fruit

Acta Horticulturae

Volumn 682, Issue , 2005, Pages 107-110

  Asghary, M ^a   Babalar, M ^a   Talaei, A ^a   Kashi, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEHRAN   (Iran)

Author keywords

Fruit marketability; Fruit quality; Muskmelon; Storage life

Indexed keywords

EID: 77952935895     PISSN: 05677572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.17660/ActaHortic.2005.682.7     Document Type: Conference Paper

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