Non-destructive monitoring of flesh softening in the black-skinned Japanese plums 'Angeleno' and 'Autumn beaut' on-tree and postharvest

Postharvest Biology and Technology

Volumn 61, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 35-40

  Infante, R ^a   Contador, L ^a   Rubio, P ^a   Mesa, K ^a   Meneses, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

Flesh softening; Flesh texture; Maturation; On tree ripening; Plum pulp; Stonefruit

Indexed keywords

PRUNUS DOMESTICA; PRUNUS SALICINA;

EID: 79955080968     PISSN: 09255214     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.postharvbio.2011.01.003     Document Type: Article

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