Total antioxidant capacity and other quality criteria in blueberries cvs 'Bluecrop', 'Hardyblue', 'Patriot', 'Putte' and 'Aron' after storage in cold store and controlled atmosphere

Acta Horticulturae

Volumn 600, Issue , 2003, Pages 595-598

  Remberg, Siv Fagertun ^a   Haffner, Karin ^a   Blomhoff, Rune ^b  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

Blueberries; Controlled atmosphere; Cultivars; Quality; Storage; Total antioxidant capacity

Indexed keywords

EID: 33745002700     PISSN: 05677572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.17660/ActaHortic.2003.600.89     Document Type: Conference Paper

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