Low temperature-induced lycopene degradation in red ripe tomato evaluated by remittance spectroscopy

Postharvest Biology and Technology

Volumn 73, Issue , 2012, Pages 22-27

  Farneti, Brian ^a   Schouten, Rob E ^a   Woltering, Ernst J ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Chilling injury; Colour; Heat shock; HPLC

Indexed keywords

LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM;

EID: 84862119791     PISSN: 09255214     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.postharvbio.2012.05.008     Document Type: Article

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