Horticultural and Quality Aspects of Citrus Fruits

Handbook of Fruits and Fruit Processing

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 293-307

  Rodrigo, María Jesús ^a   Zacarías, Lorenzo ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE AGROQUÍMICA Y TECNOLOGÍA DE ALIMENTOS CSIC   (Spain)

Author keywords

Citrus fruits; Citrus quality; Horticulture; Taxonomy; World citrus production

Indexed keywords

EID: 84889338808     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780470277737.ch18     Document Type: Chapter

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