Visualization of 3-D network of gas-filled intercellular spaces in cucumber fruit after harvest

Postharvest Biology and Technology

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 255-262

  Kuroki, Shinichiro ^a   Oshita, Seiichi ^a   Sotome, Itaru ^a   Kawagoe, Yoshinori ^a   Seo, Yasuhisa ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b NIHON UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cucumis sativus L.; Intercellular air spaces; Postharvest; Three dimensional reconstruction; X ray CT

Indexed keywords

CUCUMIS; CUCUMIS SATIVUS;

EID: 3242664329     PISSN: 09255214     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.postharvbio.2004.04.002     Document Type: Article

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