Quality of strawberries as affected by temperature abuse during ground, in-flight and retail handling operations

Acta Horticulturae

Volumn 604, Issue , 2003, Pages 239-246

  Nunes, M C N ^a   Emond, J P ^a   Brecht, J K ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Bruising; Color; Decay; Firmness; Fluctuating temperatures; Shriveling; Weight loss

Indexed keywords

EID: 31144476475     PISSN: 05677572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.17660/ActaHortic.2003.604.24     Document Type: Conference Paper

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