Postharvest firmness behaviour of near-isogenic lines of melon

Postharvest Biology and Technology

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 320-326

  Tijskens, L M M ^a   Dos Santos, N ^b   Jowkar, M M ^b   Obando Ulloa, J M ^b   Moreno, E ^c   Schouten, R E ^a   Monforte, A J ^c   Fernandez Trujillo J P ^b  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF CARTAGENA   (Spain)

^c IRTA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Biological variance; Cucumis melo L.; Harvest criteria; Modelling fruit quality; Postharvest; Ripening; Texture

Indexed keywords

CUCUMIS; CUCUMIS MELO;

EID: 59049085003     PISSN: 09255214     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.postharvbio.2008.06.001     Document Type: Article

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