Ripening characteristics of light irradiated tomatoes

Journal of Food Science

Volumn 62, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 138-140

  Lee, Gwi Hyun ^a,b   Bunn, J M ^a   Han, Y J ^a   Christenbury, G D ^a  

^a CLEMSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Kangwon National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Far red light; Irradiation; Red light; Ripening; Tomato

Indexed keywords

LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM;

EID: 1842369638     PISSN: 00221147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2621.1997.tb04385.x     Document Type: Article

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