Exploring produce industry attitudes: Relationships between postharvest handling, fruit flavor, and consumer purchasing

HortTechnology

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 642-650

  Diehl, David C ^a   Sloan, Nicole L ^a   Bruhn, Christine M ^b   Simonne, Amarat H ^a   Brecht, Jeffrey K ^a   Mitcham, Elizabeth J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CITRULLUS LANATUS; CITRULLUS LANATUS VAR. LANATUS; CUCUMIS; CUCUMIS MELO; FRAGARIA; FRAGARIA X ANANASSA; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; PRUNUS PERSICA; PRUNUS PERSICA NUCIPERSICA; PYRUS; PYRUS COMMUNIS; VACCINIUM;

EID: 84886487101     PISSN: 10630198     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.21273/horttech.23.5.642     Document Type: Article

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