Air volume measurement of 'Braeburn' apple fruit

Journal of Experimental Botany

Volumn 55, Issue 399, 2004, Pages 1061-1069

  Dražeta, Lazar ^a,b   Lang, Alexander ^a   Hall, Alistair J ^a   Volz, Richard K ^a   Jameson, Paula E ^b  

^a THE NEW ZEALAND INSTITUTE FOR PLANT AND FOOD RESEARCH LIMITED   (New Zealand)

^b MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

'Braeburn'; Apple; Archimedes' principle; Cell configuration; Intercellular space; Internal injury

Indexed keywords

GRAVIMETRIC ANALYSIS; INFILTRATION; PERSONAL COMPUTERS; PLANTS (BOTANY); TISSUE; VACUUM APPLICATIONS; VIDEO CAMERAS; VOLUME MEASUREMENT;

INTRACELLULAR AIR VOLUMES; TISSUE BROWNING;

FRUITS;

AIR; APPLE; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; EXTRACELLULAR SPACE; FRUIT; HISTOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY; STANDARD;

AIR; EXTRACELLULAR SPACE; FRUIT; MALUS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; WEIGHTS AND MEASURES;

MALUS; MALUS X DOMESTICA;

EID: 2442590767     PISSN: 00220957     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jxb/erh118     Document Type: Article

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