Firmness and force relaxation characteristics of tomatoes stored intact or as slices

Postharvest Biology and Technology

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 59-68

  Wu, Tianxia ^a   Abbott, Judith A ^a  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Firmness; Force relaxation; Viscoelasticity

Indexed keywords

LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM;

EID: 0036156779     PISSN: 09255214     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0925-5214(01)00133-8     Document Type: Article

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