Navel orange juice bitterness: Rootstock determines amount of bitterness in juice of Washington Navel oranges investigations reveal
AuthorsGeorge L. Marsh
S. H. Cameron
Authors AffiliationsGeorge L. Marsh is Assistant Professor of Food Technology and Assistant Chemist in the Experiment Station, Berkeley; S. H. Cameron is Professor of Subtropical Horticulture and Plant Physiologist in the Experiment Station, Los Angeles.
Hilgardia 4(6):7-12. DOI:10.3733/ca.v004n06p7. June 1950.
The striking effect that rootstock exerts on bitterness in extracted navel orange juice was apparent at the first sampling period in experiments conducted during the 1947-48 and 1948-49 Washington Navel seasons.
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