Fruit thinning in 'Conference' pear grown under deficit irrigation: Implications for fruit quality at harvest and after cold storage

Scientia Horticulturae

Volumn 129, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 64-70

  Lopez, Gerardo ^a   Larrigaudière, Christian ^a   Girona, Joan ^a   Behboudian, M Hossein ^b   Marsal, Jordi ^a  

^a IRTA   (Spain)

^b MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Drought; Ethylene production; Pyrus communis; Water stress; Weight loss in storage

Indexed keywords

ACIDITY; DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; DROUGHT STRESS; ETHYLENE; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; FRUIT; GROWING SEASON; HARVESTING; IRRIGATION; MATURATION;

PYRUS; PYRUS COMMUNIS;

EID: 79955016320     PISSN: 03044238     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scienta.2011.03.007     Document Type: Article

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