Texture dynamics during postharvest cold storage ripening in apple (Malus×domestica Borkh.)

Postharvest Biology and Technology

Volumn 69, Issue , 2012, Pages 54-63

  Costa, Fabrizio ^a   Cappellin, Luca ^a   Fontanari, Marco ^a   Longhi, Sara ^a   Guerra, Walter ^b   Magnago, Pierluigi ^a   Gasperi, Flavia ^a   Biasioli, Franco ^a  

^a RESEARCH AND INNOVATION CENTRE   (Italy)

^b Laimburg Research Centre for Agriculture and Forestry   (Italy)

Author keywords

Apple fruit; Dynamics; Fruit storage index; Postharvest storage; Texture

Indexed keywords

MALUS X DOMESTICA;

EID: 84859500378     PISSN: 09255214     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.postharvbio.2012.03.003     Document Type: Article

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