Quality and postharvest performance of watermelon fruit in response to grafting on interspecific cucurbit rootstocks

Journal of Food Quality

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 21-29

  Kyriacou, Marios C ^a   Soteriou, Georgios ^a  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Cyprus)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CULTIVATION; FRUITS; FUMIGATION;

CUCURBITA MAXIMA; DISEASE RESISTANCE; FIELD PERFORMANCE; POSTHARVEST PERFORMANCE; POTENTIAL REDUCTION; SOLUBLE CARBOHYDRATES; SOLUBLE SOLIDS CONTENT; SUCROSE ACCUMULATION;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

CITRULLUS LANATUS VAR. LANATUS; CUCURBITA MAXIMA;

EID: 84923216131     PISSN: 01469428     EISSN: 17454557     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jfq.12124     Document Type: Article

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