Colour and lycopene study of several commercial tomato varieties at different harvesting dates

Acta Horticulturae

Volumn 542, Issue , 2001, Pages 243-247

  Lopez J ^a   Ruiz, R M ^a   Ballesteros, R ^a   Ciruelos, A ^a   Ortiz, R ^a  

^a NESTLÉ RESEARCH CENTER   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Agronomic; Analyses; Composition; Evaluation; Harvest; Pigment; Quality

Indexed keywords

EID: 0012758847     PISSN: 05677572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.17660/actahortic.2001.542.31     Document Type: Article

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