Effects of cultivar, orchard elevation, and storage on fruit quality characters of sweet cherry (Prunus avium L.)

Scientia Horticulturae

Volumn 125, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 301-304

  Faniadis, D ^a   Drogoudi, P D ^b   Vasilakakis, M ^a  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^b INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY OF AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Fruit quality; Orchard elevation; Storage; Sweet cherry; Total antioxidant capacity; Total phenolics

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANT; BIOCHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CULTIVAR; FRUIT PRODUCTION; HORTICULTURE; ORCHARD; PHENOLIC COMPOUND; WEIGHT;

PRUNUS; PRUNUS AVIUM;

EID: 77953322230     PISSN: 03044238     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scienta.2010.04.013     Document Type: Article

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