Methods of testing strawberry fruit firmness

Acta Agriculturae Scandinavica Section B: Soil and Plant Science

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 43-51

  Døving, Aksel ^a   Måge, Finn ^b  

^a Agricultural University of Norway ^*

^b NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

Author keywords

Cultivars; Fragaria x ananassa; Fruit colour; Fruit quality; Instruments; Methods; Sample size; Temperature; Texture

Indexed keywords

FRAGARIA X ANANASSA;

EID: 13544268283     PISSN: 09064710     EISSN: 16511913     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/090647102320260035     Document Type: Article

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