Postharvest quality of mechanically and hand-harvested, southern highbush blueberry fruit for fresh market

HortTechnology

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 437-441

  Sargent, Steven A ^a   Berry, Adrian D ^a   Williamson, Jeffrey G ^a   Olmstead, James W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Firmness; Fruit; Storage; Vaccinium corymbosum

Indexed keywords

VACCINIUM; VACCINIUM CORYMBOSUM;

EID: 84883343120     PISSN: 10630198     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.21273/horttech.23.4.437     Document Type: Article

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