The distribution of mechanical resistance in potato tuber tissues

Postharvest Biology and Technology

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 70-76

  Sadowska, Jadwiga ^a   Fornal, Józef ^a   Zgórska, Kazimiera ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF ANIMAL REPRODUCTION AND FOOD RESEARCH   (Poland)

^b PLANT BREEDING AND ACCLIMATIZATION INSTITUTE NATIONAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Poland)

Author keywords

Mechanical resistance; Potato; Puncture test; Tissue; Tuber

Indexed keywords

SOLANUM TUBEROSUM;

EID: 38949205913     PISSN: 09255214     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.postharvbio.2007.09.018     Document Type: Article

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