Towards flexible management of postharvest variation in fruit firmness of three apple cultivars

Postharvest Biology and Technology

Volumn 85, Issue , 2013, Pages 18-29

  Gwanpua, S G ^a   Verlinden, B E ^b   Hertog, M L A T M ^a   Van Impe, J ^a   Nicolai, B M ^a,b   Geeraerd, A H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b Flanders Centre of Postharvest Technology   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Biological variation; Controlled atmosphere; Malus domestica (Borkh.); Monte Carlo; Stochastic modeling

Indexed keywords

MALUS X DOMESTICA;

EID: 84878828834     PISSN: 09255214     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.postharvbio.2013.04.015     Document Type: Article

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