Chlorophyll fluorescence emission and its relation to skin color and firmness during ripening of guava fruit

Fruits

Volumn 60, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 25-32

  Bron, Ilana Urbano ^a   Ribeiro, Rafael Vasconcelos ^b   Azzolini, Marisa ^c   Machado, Eduardo Caruso ^b   Jacomino, Angelo Pedro ^d  

^a Instituto Agronòmica   (Brazil)

^b INSTITUTO AGRONÔMICO   (Brazil)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Brazil; Chlorophylls; Coloration; Firmness; Fluorescence; Fruit; Non destructive methods; Psidium guajava; Ripening

Indexed keywords

PSIDIUM GUAJAVA;

EID: 20344387485     PISSN: 02481294     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/fruits:2005009     Document Type: Article

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