Assessing consumer preferences of scab-resistant apples: A sensory evaluation

HortTechnology

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 885-891

  Kelley, Kathleen ^a   Hyde, Jeffrey ^a   Travis, James ^a   Crassweller, Robert ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Attitudes; Behaviors; Demographic; Local; Malus x domestica; Marketing; Organic; Segmentation

Indexed keywords

MALUS; MALUS X DOMESTICA;

EID: 78149253188     PISSN: 10630198     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.21273/horttech.20.5.885     Document Type: Article

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