Changes in color and chlorophyll fluorescence of broccoli florets following hot water treatment

Journal of the American Society for Horticultural Science

Volumn 121, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 310-313

  Tian, M S ^a   Woolf, A B ^b   Bowen, J H ^b   Ferguson, I B ^b  

^a Levin Research Centre   (New Zealand)

^b THE NEW ZEALAND INSTITUTE FOR PLANT AND FOOD RESEARCH LIMITED   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Brassica oleracea var. italica; Heat treatment; Hue angle; Yellowing

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000109415     PISSN: 00031062     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.21273/jashs.121.2.310     Document Type: Article

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