Evaluating quality attributes of four fresh fig (Ficus carica L.) cultivars harvested at two maturity stages

HortScience

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 707-710

  Crisosto, Carlos H ^a   Bremer, Vanessa ^a   Ferguson, Louise ^a   Crisosto, Gayle M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cultivargenotype selection; Demographics; DPPH analysis; Firmness; In store consumer test

Indexed keywords

CARICA PAPAYA; FICUS CARICA;

EID: 77952015030     PISSN: 00185345     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.21273/hortsci.45.4.707     Document Type: Article

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