A model of the effects of temperature and time on the acceptability of potted plants stored in darkness

Postharvest Biology and Technology

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 293-305

  Tijskens, L M M ^a   Sloof, M ^b   Wilkinson, E C ^a   Van Doorn, W G ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Acceptability; Dark storage; Mathematical model; Potted plants

Indexed keywords

EID: 0029830886     PISSN: 09255214     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0925-5214(96)00008-7     Document Type: Article

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