Causes of decay of fresh-cut celery

Journal of Food Science

Volumn 61, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 444-448

  Robbs, P G ^a,b   Bartz, J A ^a   McFie, G ^c   Hodge, N C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b FEDERAL RURAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^c A Duda and Sons Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Bacteria; Celery; Fresh cuts; Leuconostoc; Postharvest decay

Indexed keywords

EID: 0007419027     PISSN: 00221147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2621.1996.tb14213.x     Document Type: Article

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28. Ms received 8/31/95; revised 1178/95; accepted 12/12/95.