Specific gravity and cultivar effects on potato tuber impact sensitivity

Postharvest Biology and Technology

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 279-286

  Baritelle, A L ^a   Hyde, G M ^a  

^a WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bruise resistance; Bruise threshold; Impact sensitivity; Potato bruising; Potato cultivars; Specific gravity

Indexed keywords

SOLANUM TUBEROSUM;

EID: 0141838194     PISSN: 09255214     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0925-5214(03)00003-6     Document Type: Article

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