date:Oct 30, 2019
e fruit at harvest. In order to maximise the economic viability of blush pears for the grower, Agriculture Victoria Research initiated a project through the Agriculture Infrastructure and Jobs Fund to better understand how and when pears develop red colour. While the underlying mechanisms of red colour development are well understood for apples, there is still a way to go with pears.
The role of light
Different pear cultivars are not uniform in their seasonal patterns of colour development and