Postharvest sensory and physiochemical attributes of processing and nonprocessing tomato cultivars

Journal of Food Quality

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 167-182

  Mohammed, Majeed ^a   Wilson, Lawrence A ^a   Gomes, Patrick I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Trinidad and Tobago)

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[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALYPSO; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM;

EID: 0033241618     PISSN: 01469428     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1745-4557.1999.tb00549.x     Document Type: Article

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