Photo-selective hail nets affect fruit size and quality in Hayward kiwifruit

Scientia Horticulturae

Volumn 141, Issue , 2012, Pages 91-97

  Basile, B ^a   Giaccone, M ^a   Cirillo, C ^a   Ritieni, A ^a   Graziani, G ^a   Shahak, Y ^b   Forlani, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^b VOLCANI CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Antioxidants; Chlorophyll; Coloured nets; Fruit dry matter; Polyphenols; Soluble solids

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANT; BIOACCUMULATION; CHLOROPHYLL; COLOR; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); COOLING; DRY MATTER; FRUIT; HARVESTING; PHENOL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; SOLUBILIZATION; VINE;

ACTINIDIA DELICIOSA;

EID: 84861161957     PISSN: 03044238     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scienta.2012.04.022     Document Type: Article

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