ISSN:
1750-3841
Source:
Blackwell Publishing Journal Backfiles 1879-2005
Topics:
Agriculture, Forestry, Horticulture, Fishery, Domestic Science, Nutrition
,
Process Engineering, Biotechnology, Nutrition Technology
Notes:
Seventeen sensory, physical and chemical measurements of postharvest quality were obtained from 72 snap bean samples during four separate experiments. Cluster analysis was used to determine relationships between the 17 variables and to reduce the data into a smaller set of underlying structures without appreciable information loss. Four clusters, representing 79% of the total variance, were obtained and named ‘acceptability measures’, ‘objective measures’, ‘ascorbic acid’, and ‘appearance measures’ according to the variables within each group. Acceptability, mouthfeel and flavor were the most important subjective measures while hue angle and moisture were the most important objective measures of postharvest quality.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2621.1987.tb13984.x
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