Effect of picking date, time and temperature on water sorption of 'Conference' pear tissue

Postharvest Biology and Technology

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 243-253

  Nguyen, Trung Anh ^a   Verboven, Pieter ^a   Daudin, Jean Dominique ^b   Vandewalle, Stefan ^a   Nicolaï, Bart M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b CEMAGREF   (France)

Author keywords

Cortex tissue; Cuticle; Pear; Sorption isotherm; Water activity; Water transport

Indexed keywords

PYRUS; PYRUS COMMUNIS;

EID: 3242696047     PISSN: 09255214     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.postharvbio.2004.03.001     Document Type: Article

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