Quality of berries associated with preharvest and postharvest conditions

Berry Fruit: Value-Added Products for Health Promotion

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 207-228

  Mitcham, Elizabeth ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BERRY FRUITS; FRUIT CROPS; POSTHARVEST; POSTHARVEST QUALITY; RESPIRATION RATE;

FRUITS;

EID: 84969955221     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: None     Document Type: Chapter

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