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    Domingo Martinez-Romero, Maria Serrano, Angel Carbonell, Salvador Castillo, Fernando Riquelme & Daniel Valero

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    Domingo Martinez-Romero, Maria Serrano, Angel Carbonell, Salvador Castillo, Fernando Riquelme & Daniel Valero

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Martinez-Romero, D., Serrano, M., Carbonell, A., Castillo, S., Riquelme, F., Valero, D. (2004). Mechanical Damage During Fruit Post-Harvest Handling: Technical and Physiological Implications. In: Dris, R., Jain, S.M. (eds) Production Practices and Quality Assessment of Food Crops. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/1-4020-2534-3_8

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