Ripening, nutrition and postharvest physiology

The Peach: Botany, Production and Uses

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 550-574

  Ramina, Angelo ^a   Tonutti, Pietro ^b   McGlasson, William ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b SCUOLA SUPERIORE SANT ANNA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY   (Australia)

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