Changes in the force relaxation and compression responses of tomatoes during ripening: The effect of continual testing and polygalacturonase activity

Postharvest Biology and Technology

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 141-147

  Errington, N ^a   Mitchell, J R ^a   Tucker, G A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Polygalacturonase; Texture; Tomato

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030749582     PISSN: 09255214     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0925-5214(97)00020-3     Document Type: Article

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