Modelling the firmness behaviour of cut tomatoes

Postharvest Biology and Technology

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 44-51

  Schouten, Rob E ^a   Natalini, Alessandro ^b   Tijskens, L M M ^a   Woltering, Ernst J ^a   van Kooten, Olaf ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

Author keywords

1 MCP; Batch model; Kinetic model; Limited compression; Maturity at harvest; pH

Indexed keywords

LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM;

EID: 77950917174     PISSN: 09255214     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.postharvbio.2010.02.001     Document Type: Article

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