Factors Affecting Fruit Set/Early Fruit Drop in Avocado
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Preharvest factors affecting physiological disorders of fruit
Development of disorders during postharvest ripening and storage of fruit depends on a range of preharvest factors. The most obvious of these is maturity of fruit at harvest. However, a number of other factors may be just as important in ripening-related disorders and in determining how fruit respond to low temperatures or other imposed postharvest conditions. Fruiting position on the tree and ...
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