Development of diagnostic tools to predict incidence of bitter pit during apple storage

Bitter pit is an important physiological disorder of many apple cultivars where the low uptake and poor distribution of calcium within the cortex of apples pervades. Controlled atmosphere storage and application of 1-MCP (SmartFreshSM) can delay the onset of bitter pit symptoms by delaying maturity...

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Main Author: Mirzaee, Mehrdad
Other Authors: Colgan, Richard ; Rees, Deborah
Published: University of Greenwich 2015
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Online Access:http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.732841