Calcium chloride reduces rain cracking in sweet cherries

Rain cracking of sweet cherry fruit is a worldwide problem and has resulted in substantial crop losses of California cherries in each of the past 4 years (1993–1996). Various strategies to reduce cracking have provided inconsistent results. During 1996, however, rain-timed...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Michael Rupert, Stephen Southwick, Kitren Weis, John Vikupitz, James Flore, Hong Zhou
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: University of California Agriculture and Natural Resources 1997-09-01
Series:California Agriculture
Online Access:http://calag.ucanr.edu/archive/?article=ca.v051n05p35