Quality attributes of stored koubo (Cereus peruvianus (L.) Miller) fruit

Postharvest Biology and Technology

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 273-280

  Ninio, Racheli ^a   Lewinsohn, Efraim ^b   Mizrahi, Yosef ^a   Sitrit, Yaron ^a  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^b VOLCANI CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Aroma; Cactus; Flavor; Harvest maturity index; Linalool; Taste; Volatiles

Indexed keywords

ACRONICTA LEPORINA; CACTACEAE; CEREUS HILDMANNIANUS; CEREUS PERUVIANUS; MALUS X DOMESTICA; VIOLA (ANGIOSPERM);

EID: 0346895079     PISSN: 09255214     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0925-5214(03)00115-7     Document Type: Article

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