Keeping quality of cucumber fruits predicted by biological age

Postharvest Biology and Technology

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 175-181

  Schouten, Rob E ^a   Otma, Els C ^a   Van Kooten, Olaf ^a   Tijskens, L M M ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Colour; Cucumis sativus L; Keeping quality; Photosynthetic performance

Indexed keywords

CUCUMIS SATIVUS;

EID: 0030869985     PISSN: 09255214     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0925-5214(97)00045-8     Document Type: Article

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