Measuring Quality and Maturity

Postharvest Handling

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 461-481

  Shewfelt, Robert L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

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EID: 84864959074     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-12-374112-7.00017-2     Document Type: Chapter

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