The effect of Ca 2+ and cellular structure on apple firmness and acoustic emission

European Food Research and Technology

Volumn 235, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 119-128

  Cybulska, Justyna ^a   Pieczywek, Piotr Mariusz ^a   Zdunek, Artur ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF AGROPHYSICS   (Poland)

Author keywords

Acoustic emission; Apple; Calcium; Cell walls; Firmness; Microstructure

Indexed keywords

APPLE; APPLE CULTIVARS; APPLE FIRMNESS; APPLE TISSUE; CALCIUM LACTATE; CELL WALLS; CELLULAR COMPOSITION; CELLULAR STRUCTURE; CONFOCAL SCANNING LASER MICROSCOPE; CONTROL SAMPLES; FIRMNESS; HOMOGALACTURONAN; MECHANICAL ATTRIBUTES; SPLIT CELL; TISSUE MICROSTRUCTURES;

ACOUSTIC EMISSION TESTING; ACOUSTIC EMISSIONS; CALCIUM; CELLS; FRACTURE MECHANICS; FRUITS; MICROSTRUCTURE; TISSUE;

CYTOLOGY;

MALUS X DOMESTICA;

EID: 84862305830     PISSN: 14382377     EISSN: 14382385     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00217-012-1743-6     Document Type: Article

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