Change of textural properties of tomatoes due to storage and storage temperatures

Journal of Food, Agriculture and Environment

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 292-296

  Požrl, Tomaž ^a   Žnidarčič, Dragan ^a   Kopjar, Mirela ^b   Hribar, Janez ^a   Simčič, Marjan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

^b JOSIP JURAJ STROSSMAYER UNIVERSITY OF OSIJEK   (Croatia)

Author keywords

Colour; Lycopersicon esculentum Mill.; Storage; Texture; Tomatoes

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; FRUIT FIRMNESS; FRUIT STORAGE; FRUIT TEXTURE; LOW TEMPERATURE; NONHUMAN; PLANT PARAMETERS; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; STORAGE TEMPERATURE; TOMATO; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM;

EID: 77952833803     PISSN: 14590255     EISSN: 14590263     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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