Use of combinations of commercially relevant O2 and CO2 partial pressures to evaluate the sensitivity of nine highbush blueberry fruit cultivars to controlled atmospheres

HortScience

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 74-79

  Alsmairat, Nihad ^a   Contreras, Carolina ^b   Hancock, James ^b   Callow, Pete ^b   Beaudry, Randolph ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JORDAN   (Jordan)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Controlled atmosphere; Decay; Discoloration; Firmness; Quality; Vaccinium corymbosum

Indexed keywords

VACCINIUM; VACCINIUM CORYMBOSUM;

EID: 78951490033     PISSN: 00185345     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.21273/hortsci.46.1.74     Document Type: Article

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