Anomalous firmness changes in cool-stored kiwifruit

Postharvest Biology and Technology

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 147-156

  McGlone, V Andrew ^a   Jordan, Robert B ^a   Schaare, Peter N ^a  

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

Author keywords

Firmness; Kiwifruit; Non destructive test; Postharvest; Stiffness; Storage

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030774379     PISSN: 09255214     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0925-5214(97)00049-5     Document Type: Article

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