Sensory profiling of apple: Methodological aspects, cultivar characterisation and postharvest changes

Postharvest Biology and Technology

Volumn 77, Issue , 2013, Pages 111-120

  Corollaro, Maria Laura ^a,b   Endrizzi, Isabella ^a   Bertolini, Anna ^a   Aprea, Eugenio ^a   Demattè, M Luisa ^a   Costa, Fabrizio ^a   Biasioli, Franco ^a   Gasperi, Flavia ^a  

^a RESEARCH AND INNOVATION CENTRE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Apple (Malus domestica Borkh.); Flavour; Postharvest; Quantitative descriptive analysis; Texture; Varietal characterisation

Indexed keywords

MALUS X DOMESTICA;

EID: 84872678734     PISSN: 09255214     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.postharvbio.2012.10.010     Document Type: Article

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