Metabolic profiling using GC-MS to study biochemical changes during long-term storage of pears

Acta Horticulturae

Volumn 682, Issue , 2005, Pages 1991-1998

  Franck, C ^a   Lammertyn, J ^a   Nicolai B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Browning; Controlled atmosphere; Fruit quality; Physiological disorder; Postharvest physiology

Indexed keywords

EID: 84879916929     PISSN: 05677572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.17660/ActaHortic.2005.682.270     Document Type: Conference Paper

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