Fruit Characteristics ofHosui'Asian Pears after Deficit Irrigation
Fritz Lenz
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Abstract
further increases in soluble sugars after harvest are insignificant (Lallu, 1990). Neither the concentration of fruit sugars nor the concentration of fruit minerals was affected by irrigation treatments. Mean sucrose, glucose, fructose, and sorbitol concen
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