Evaluation of ultrasonic wave propagation to measure chilling injury in tomatoes

Postharvest Biology and Technology

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 109-113

  Verlinden, Bert E ^a   De Smedt, Veerle ^a   Nicolaï, Bart M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Chilling injury; Lycopersicon esculentum; Postharvest quality; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM;

EID: 1842665777     PISSN: 09255214     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.postharvbio.2003.11.006     Document Type: Article

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