Effect of harvest maturity on quality of fresh-cut pear salad

Postharvest Biology and Technology

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 250-256

  Bai, Jinhe ^a,b   Wu, Pinshan ^c   Manthey, John ^a   Goodner, Kevin ^a   Baldwin, Elizabeth ^a  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^b OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c CHINESE ACADEMY OF INSPECTION AND QUARANTINE   (China)

Author keywords

Firmness; Fresh cut; Maturity; Pear; Phenolics; Pyrus communis; Sensory; Volatile

Indexed keywords

MALUS X DOMESTICA; PYRUS; PYRUS COMMUNIS;

EID: 57149094850     PISSN: 09255214     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.postharvbio.2008.07.009     Document Type: Article

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