Softening of Banana Fruit: Relationship between Firmness and Chemical Composition

Japan Agricultural Research Quarterly

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 269-274

  Kojima, Kiyohide ^a  

^a KYOTO PREFECTURAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cell wall; Experimental apparatus and methods Postharvest technology; Plantain; Postharvest; Ripening; Stress relaxation

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030376911     PISSN: 00213551     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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