Shelf-life versus flavour-life for fruits and vegetables: How to evaluate this complex trait

Stewart Postharvest Review

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2007, Pages

  Baldwin, Elizabeth A ^a   Plotto, Anne ^a   Goodner, Kevin ^a  

^a U S DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE   (United States)

Author keywords

Acids; Flavour; Fruit; Sensory; Sugars; Vegetable; Volatiles

Indexed keywords

EID: 34248532621     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17459656     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2212/spr.2007.1.3     Document Type: Review

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