Aroma volatiles associated with the senescence of climacteric or non-climacteric melon fruit

Postharvest Biology and Technology

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 146-155

  Obando Ulloa, Javier M ^a   Nicolai, Bart ^b   Lammertyn, Jeroen ^b   Bueso, María C ^a   Monforte, Antonio J ^c   Fernández Trujillo, J Pablo ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF CARTAGENA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^c IRTA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Aroma profile; Cucumis melo L.; Fruit over ripening; Fruit quality; Multivariate statistics; Near isogenic lines; Postharvest behavior

Indexed keywords

CUCUMIS; CUCUMIS MELO;

EID: 61749091052     PISSN: 09255214     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.postharvbio.2008.11.007     Document Type: Article

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