Vitamin C mapping as a new method to investigate the origin of core breakdown in 'conference' pears

Acta Horticulturae

Volumn 599, Issue , 2003, Pages 559-565

  Franck, Christine ^a   Baetens, Mieke ^a   Lammertyn, Jeroen ^a   Nicolaï, Bart M ^a   Davey, Mark W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Browning; Controlled atmosphere; Fruit quality; HPLC; Physiological disorder

Indexed keywords

EID: 32944459034     PISSN: 05677572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.17660/ActaHortic.2003.599.71     Document Type: Conference Paper

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