Relationship of colour and other quality parameters of sweet cherry during development and ripening

Acta Alimentaria

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 415-426

  Kovacs E ^a,c   Muskovics, G ^a,b   Perlaki, R ^a,b  

^a CENTRAL FOOD RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Hungary)

^b BUDAPEST UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY AND ECONOMICS   (Hungary)

^c Institute of Entrepreneurship and Innovation   (Hungary)

Author keywords

galactosidase; Colour; Polygalacturonase; Sweet cherry

Indexed keywords

PRUNUS; PRUNUS AVIUM;

EID: 73649138555     PISSN: 01393006     EISSN: 15882535     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1556/AAlim.38.2009.4.2     Document Type: Article

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