Delayed luminescence as an indicator of tomato fruit quality

Journal of Food Science

Volumn 63, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 512-515

  Triglia, A ^a   La Malfa, G ^a   Musumeci, F ^a   Leonardi, C ^a   Scordino, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Delayed luminescence; Nondestructive; Quality; Ripeness; Tomatoes

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031831235     PISSN: 00221147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2621.1998.tb15775.x     Document Type: Article

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