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TEXTURAL PROPERTIES OF IRRADIATED TOMATOES (CV, FLORADEL) *
Author(s) -
AHMED E. M.,
FLUCK R. C.,
DENNISON R. A.
Publication year - 1972
Publication title -
journal of texture studies
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.593
H-Index - 54
eISSN - 1745-4603
pISSN - 0022-4901
DOI - 10.1111/j.1745-4603.1972.tb00614.x
Subject(s) - irradiation , horticulture , materials science , food science , chemistry , biology , physics , nuclear physics
Ripe Floradel tomatoes were softer, required smaller forces to puncture and to compress, and exhibited less recovery from applied stress than the unripened fruit. Irradiation caused similar but less pronounced changes.