Comparison of softening-related changes during storage of 'Honeycrisp' apple, its parents, and 'delicious'

Journal of the American Society for Horticultural Science

Volumn 124, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 407-415

  Tong, Cindy ^a   Krueger, Darryl ^a   Vickers, Zata ^b   Bedford, David ^a   Luby, James ^a   El Shiekh, Ahmed ^a,c   Shackel, Kenneth ^b   Ahmadi, Hamid ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c SUEZ CANAL UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Cell walls; Firmness; Malus xdomestica; Sensory evaluation; Texture; Turgor potential; Ultrastructure

Indexed keywords

MALUS DOMESTICA; MALUS X DOMESTICA; MALUS XDOMESTICA;

EID: 0033020769     PISSN: 00031062     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.21273/jashs.124.4.407     Document Type: Article

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