Effects of postharvest hot air treatment on the quality of "Rhapsody" tomato fruit

Journal of Food Quality

Volumn 28, Issue 5-6, 2005, Pages 492-504

  Soto Zamora, Gloria ^a   Yahia, Elhadi M ^b   Brecht, Jeffrey K ^c   Gardea, Alfonso ^a  

^a CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIÓN EN ALIMENTACIÓN Y DESARROLLO   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE QUERÉTARO   (Mexico)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM;

EID: 29144441310     PISSN: 01469428     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1745-4557.2005.00051.x     Document Type: Article

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