Relationships between strawberry fruit quality attributes and crop load

Scientia Horticulturae

Volumn 130, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 398-403

  Correia, P J ^a   Pestana, M ^a   Martinez, F ^b   Ribeiro, E ^a   Gama, F ^a   Saavedra, T ^a   Palencia, P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALGARVE   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HUELVA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Calcium; Titratable acidity; Total soluble solids; Vegetative growth

Indexed keywords

ABOVEGROUND BIOMASS; ACIDITY; CALCIUM; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); CULTIVAR; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FOOD QUALITY; FRUIT; GENOTYPE; GREENHOUSE ECOSYSTEM; HYDROPONICS; LEAF; PEAT; POLYMER; VEGETATIVE PROPAGATION;

FRAGARIA X ANANASSA;

EID: 80052091295     PISSN: 03044238     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scienta.2011.06.039     Document Type: Article

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