Dry matter content and fruit size affect flavour and texture of novel Actinidia deliciosa genotypes

Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture

Volumn 91, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 742-748

  Nardozza, Simona ^a   Gamble, Joanna ^a   Axten, Lauren G ^a   Wohlers, Mark W ^a   Clearwater, Michael J ^a,b   Feng, Jinquan ^a   Harker, F Roger ^a  

^a THE NEW ZEALAND INSTITUTE FOR PLANT AND FOOD RESEARCH LIMITED   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WAIKATO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Dry matter; Fruit size; Kiwifruit; Sensory evaluation; Soluble solids content (SSC); Sweetness

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; FOOD ANALYSIS; FOOD HANDLING; FRUIT; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; KIWIFRUIT; TASTE;

ACTINIDIA; FOOD ANALYSIS; FOOD TECHNOLOGY; FRUIT; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; TASTE; TASTE PERCEPTION;

ACTINIDIA DELICIOSA;

EID: 79551627022     PISSN: 00225142     EISSN: 10970010     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jsfa.4245     Document Type: Article

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