Fruit growth, cuticle deposition, water uptake, and fruit cracking in jostaberry, gooseberry, and black currant

Scientia Horticulturae

Volumn 128, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 289-296

  Khanal, Bishnu P ^a   Grimm, Eckhard ^a   Knoche, Moritz ^a  

^a LEIBNIZ UNIVERSITY HANNOVER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cracking; Cuticular membrane; Microcracks; Ribes; Strain; Water uptake

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROP PRODUCTION; DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; FRUIT; GROWTH; MEMBRANE; OSMOSIS; PERMEABILITY; SURFACE AREA; WATER UPTAKE;

GROSSULARIACEAE; PRUNUS AVIUM; RIBES; RIBES HUDSONIANUM; RIBES NIDIGROLARIA; RIBES NIGRUM; RIBES UVA-CRISPA;

EID: 79952439950     PISSN: 03044238     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scienta.2011.02.002     Document Type: Article

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