Influence of cell size and cell wall volume fraction on failure properties of potato and carrot tissue

Journal of Texture Studies

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 25-43

  Zdunek, Artur ^a   Umeda, Mikio ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF AGROPHYSICS   (Poland)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Carrot; Cell size; Cell wall volume fraction; Confocal microscope; Failure; Fluorescence; Micro structure; Plant tissue; Potato; Texture

Indexed keywords

CARROT; CELL SIZE; CELL WALL VOLUME FRACTION; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPE; FAILURE; PLANT TISSUE; POTATO;

CELLS; FLUORESCENCE; IMAGE COMPRESSION; MICROSTRUCTURE; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; STRAIN; TEXTURES; TISSUE; VOLUME FRACTION;

FOOD PRODUCTS PLANTS;

DAUCUS CAROTA; SOLANUM TUBEROSUM;

EID: 20444365869     PISSN: 00224901     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1745-4603.2005.00002.x     Document Type: Article

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