Modelling of the optimum harvest time for long-termstorage of 'elstar' and 'aroma' (Malus domestica) apples at low oxygen concentration

Acta Agriculturae Scandinavica Section B: Soil and Plant Science

Volumn 61, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 565-572

  Kaack, K ^a   Pedersen, Hanne Lindhard ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Diameter; Lightness; Modelling; Redness; Streif index; Weight; Yellowness

Indexed keywords

MALUS X DOMESTICA;

EID: 80052435450     PISSN: 09064710     EISSN: 16511913     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09064710.2010.526135     Document Type: Article

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