The influence of freezing on the content of ascorbic acid in Vaccinium species berries

Acta Horticulturae

Volumn 715, Issue , 2006, Pages 539-543

  Noormets, M ^c   Karp, K ^a   Starast, M ^b   Leis, L ^a   Muru, K ^a  

^a ESTONIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Estonia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Storage

Indexed keywords

VACCINIUM; VACCINIUM ANGUSTIFOLIUM; VACCINIUM CORYMBOSUM; VACCINIUM MYRTILLUS;

EID: 33750406648     PISSN: 05677572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.17660/actahortic.2006.715.83     Document Type: Conference Paper

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