The case for fruit quality: An interpretive review of consumer attitudes, and preferences for apples

Postharvest Biology and Technology

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 333-347

  Harker, F Roger ^a   Gunson, F Anne ^a   Jaeger, Sara R ^a  

^a THE NEW ZEALAND INSTITUTE FOR PLANT AND FOOD RESEARCH LIMITED   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Apples; Malus domestica; Pear; Pear preference map

Indexed keywords

MALUS; MALUS X DOMESTICA; PYRUS COMMUNIS;

EID: 0038662555     PISSN: 09255214     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0925-5214(02)00215-6     Document Type: Review

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