Preharvest calcium sprays were not always needed to improve quality of 'gala' apples in Brazil Pulverizações com cálcio em pré-colheita nem sempre melhoram a qualidade de maçãs 'gala' no Brasil

Calcium sprays have normally improved both the quality and the storage life of apples throughout the world because Ca helps to prevent many fruit disorders and that taken up from the soil does not often reach the fruit in adequate amounts. Since the efficacy of Ca sprays varies according to soil, ap...

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Main Authors: Paulo Roberto Ernani, Jaques Dias, Cassandro Vidal Talamini do Amarante, Diorvânia Cardoso Ribeiro, Douglas Antonio Rogeri
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Fruticultura 2008-12-01
Series:Revista Brasileira de Fruticultura
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0100-29452008000400009