Tomato cultivar grouping based on firmness change, shelf life and variance during postharvest storage

Postharvest Biology and Technology

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 187-201

  De Ketelaere, Bart ^a   Lammertyn, Jeroen ^a   Molenberghs, Geert ^b   Desmet, Michèle ^a   Nicolaï, Bart ^a   De Baerdemaeker, Josse ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b HASSELT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Biological variance; Cultivar grouping; Repeated measures; Statistical modelling; Tomato firmness

Indexed keywords

LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM;

EID: 5344250976     PISSN: 09255214     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.postharvbio.2004.03.007     Document Type: Article

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