Evaluation of sensory attributes and biochemical parameters in transgenic tomato fruit with reduced polygalacturonase activity;Evaluación de atributos sensoriales y parámetros bioquímicos en frutos de tomate transgénico con reducida actividad de poligalacturonasa

Food Science and Technology International

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 93-102

  Quiroga, G o Sozzi ^a   Fraschina, A A ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

Author keywords

acceptability; galactosidase; polygalacturonase; transgenic tomatoes

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031531778     PISSN: 10820132     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/108201329700300204     Document Type: Article

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