Effects of relative humidity on apple quality under simulated shelf temperature storage

Scientia Horticulturae

Volumn 85, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 217-229

  Tu, K ^a   Nicolai B ^b   De Baerdemaeker, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b De Croylaan 42   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Apple firmness; Cell wall; Mealiness; Relative humidity; Scanning electron microscopy

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034604688     PISSN: 03044238     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-4238(99)00148-X     Document Type: Article

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