Tomato pulp quality from transgenic fruits with reduced polygalacturonase (PG)

Food Chemistry

Volumn 62, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 283-290

  Porretta, Sebastiano ^a   Poli, Giovanna ^a   Minuti, Erminio ^a  

^a Staz Sperim per l'I ^*  (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POLYGALACTURONASE;

ARTICLE; COLOR; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FOOD QUALITY; FRUIT; GENETIC ENGINEERING; TOMATO; TRANSGENE; VISCOSITY;

LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM;

EID: 0032126867     PISSN: 03088146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0308-8146(97)00210-0     Document Type: Article

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