Influence of delayed cooling on storability and postharvest quality of European plums

Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture

Volumn 89, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1076-1082

  Guerra, Marcos ^a   Casquero, Pedro A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEÓN   (Spain)

Author keywords

Cold storage; Delayed cooling; Internal breakdown; Market life; Prunus domestica; Sensory analysis

Indexed keywords

PRUNUS; PRUNUS DOMESTICA;

EID: 63849084910     PISSN: 00225142     EISSN: 10970010     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jsfa.3558     Document Type: Article

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