Relationship between texture and pectin composition of two apple cultivars during storage

Postharvest Biology and Technology

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 315-324

  Billy, Ludivine ^a,b   Mehinagic, Emira ^a   Royer, Gaëlle ^a   Renard, Catherine M G C ^c   Arvisenet, Gaëlle ^b   Prost, Carole ^b   Jourjon, Frédérique ^a  

^a Ecole Superieure d'Agriculture   (France)

^b Universite de Nantes   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AVIGNON   (France)

Author keywords

Apple; Cell wall; Malus domestica Borkh; Mechanical properties; Sensory analysis; Texture

Indexed keywords

MALUS X DOMESTICA;

EID: 38849146404     PISSN: 09255214     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.postharvbio.2007.07.011     Document Type: Article

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