Chilling injury in stored nectarines and its detection by time-resolved reflectance spectroscopy

Postharvest Biology and Technology

Volumn 59, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 211-218

  Lurie, S ^a   Vanoli, M ^a,c   Dagar, A ^a,d   Weksler, A ^a   Lovati, F ^b   Eccher Zerbini, P ^e   Spinelli, L ^f   Torricelli, A ^c   Feng, J ^g   Rizzolo, A ^b  

^a VOLCANI CENTER   (Israel)

^b ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DELLA NUTRIZIONE   (Italy)

^c POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

^d HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^e WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^f CNR   (Italy)

^g PLANT AND FOOD RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Bleeding; Gel breakdown; Internal browning; Mealiness; Nondestructive measurement; Prunus persica; Woolliness

Indexed keywords

PRUNUS; PRUNUS PERSICA; PRUNUS PERSICA NUCIPERSICA;

EID: 78651079795     PISSN: 09255214     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.postharvbio.2010.10.005     Document Type: Article

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