Modelling the enzymatic softening of apples in relation to cultivar, growing system, picking date and season

International Journal of Food Science and Technology

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 620-628

  Róth, Erika ^a   Hertog, Maarten L A T M ^a   Kovács, Etelka ^b   Nicolaï, Bart ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b CENTRAL FOOD RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Apple; Cell wall; Modelling; Polygalacturonase; Softening; Stiffness; galactosidase

Indexed keywords

MALUS X DOMESTICA;

EID: 40549128305     PISSN: 09505423     EISSN: 13652621     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2621.2007.01497.x     Document Type: Article

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