Stress and strain in the sweet cherry skin

Journal of the American Society for Horticultural Science

Volumn 137, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 383-390

  Grimm, Eckhard ^a   Peschel, Stefanie ^a   Becker, Tobias ^a   Knoche, Moritz ^a  

^a LEIBNIZ UNIVERSITY HANNOVER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cuticle; Cuticular membrane; Epidermis; Hypodermis; Prunus avium

Indexed keywords

EID: 84870558553     PISSN: 00031062     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.21273/jashs.137.6.383     Document Type: Article

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