Changes in firmness and pectic polysaccharide solubility in three cultivars of strawberry fruit following short-term exposure to high PCO2

Journal of Food Quality

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 312-328

  Matsumoto, Kazuhiro ^a,c   Hwang, Yong Soo ^a   Lee, Chung Hyun ^a   Huber, Donald J ^b  

^a Chungnam National University   (South Korea)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^c HIROSAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FRAGARIA; FRAGARIA X ANANASSA;

EID: 77954630351     PISSN: 01469428     EISSN: 17454557     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1745-4557.2010.00319.x     Document Type: Article

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