Potato (Solanum tuberosum L.) tuber physiological age index is a valid reference frame in postharvest ageing studies

Postharvest Biology and Technology

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 103-106

  Delaplace, Pierre ^a   Brostaux, Yves ^a   Fauconnier, Marie Laure ^a   Jardin, Patrick du ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Dormancy; Emergence pattern; Incubation period; Sprouting pattern; Storage

Indexed keywords

SOLANUM TUBEROSUM; TUBER (TRUFFLE);

EID: 48549099125     PISSN: 09255214     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.postharvbio.2008.03.002     Document Type: Article

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