Tomato fruit quality and content depend on stage of maturity

HortScience

Volumn 41, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1400-1401

  Helyes, Lajos ^a   Pék, Zoltán ^a   Lugasi, Andrea ^b  

^a SZENT ISTVÁN UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

^b National Institute of Food Hygiene and Nutrition Budapest   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Brix; Lycopene; Stage of maturity

Indexed keywords

CARBOHYDRATES; COLOR; ORGANIC ACIDS;

BRIX; LYCOPENE; STAGE OF MATURITY;

FRUITS;

CARBOHYDRATES; COLOR; ORGANIC ACIDS; RIPENING; TOMATOES;

LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM;

EID: 33749261984     PISSN: 00185345     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.21273/hortsci.41.6.1400     Document Type: Article

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