Sugars and organic acids in Japanese plums (Prunus salicinaLindell) as influenced by maturation, harvest date, storage temperature and period

International Journal of Food Science and Technology

Volumn 44, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 1973-1982

  Singh, Sukhvinder Pal ^a   Singh, Zora ^a   Swinny, Ewald E ^b  

^a CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b Chemistry Centre Western Australia   (Australia)

Author keywords

Harvest date; Maturation; Organic acids; Plums; Ripening; Storage period; Storage temperature; Sugars

Indexed keywords

PRUNUS; PRUNUS DOMESTICA; PRUNUS SALICINA;

EID: 70349221800     PISSN: 09505423     EISSN: 13652621     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2621.2009.02015.x     Document Type: Article

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