Volatile production, quality and aroma-related enzyme activities during maturation of 'Fuji' apples

Postharvest Biology and Technology

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 217-227

  Echeverria G ^a   Graell, J ^a   Lopez M L ^a   Lara, I ^a  

^a IRTA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Alcohol dehydrogenase; Alcohol o acyltransferase; Aroma; Lipoxygenase; Malus x domestica; Maturation; Principal component analysis; Pyruvate decarboxylase; Quality; Volatile compounds

Indexed keywords

MALUS; MALUS X DOMESTICA;

EID: 1542321211     PISSN: 09255214     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.postharvbio.2003.09.003     Document Type: Article

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