Fruit quality characterization of seven pomegranate accessions (punica granatum l.) grown in southeast of spain

Scientia Horticulturae

Volumn 175, Issue , 2014, Pages 174-180

  Hernández, Francisca ^a   Legua, Pilar ^a   Martínez, Rafael ^a   Melgarejo, Pablo ^a   Martínez, Juan José ^a  

^a MIGUEL HERNÁNDEZ UNIVERSITY   (Spain)

Author keywords

Arils; Crude fiber; Fruit; Seed; Titratable acidity

Indexed keywords

ACIDITY; BIOLOGICAL CHARACTERISTICS; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CULTIVAR; FRUIT; HORTICULTURE; MORPHOLOGY; TASTE; WOODY PLANT;

SPAIN;

EID: 84903441494     PISSN: 03044238     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scienta.2014.05.035     Document Type: Article

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