Preferences in pear appearance and response to novelty among Australian and New Zealand consumers

Postharvest Biology and Technology

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 38-47

  Gamble, Joanna ^a   Jaeger, Sara R ^b   Harker, F Roger ^a  

^a THE NEW ZEALAND INSTITUTE FOR PLANT AND FOOD RESEARCH LIMITED   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Appearance; Conjoint; Consumer preference; Novelty; Pear; Sensory evaluation

Indexed keywords

PYRUS; PYRUS COMMUNIS;

EID: 33646839312     PISSN: 09255214     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.postharvbio.2006.01.019     Document Type: Article

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