Review on Tropical Root and Tuber Crops. II. Physiological Disorders in Freshly Stored Roots and Tubers

Critical Reviews in Food Science and Nutrition

Volumn 36, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 711-731

  Ravi, V ^a   Aked, J ^b  

^a CENTRAL TUBER CROPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

^b CRANFIELD UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aroids; Cassava; Colocasia; Corm; Dioscorea cayenensis; Dioscorea esculenta; Dormancy; Injury; Ipomea batatas; Manihot esculenta; Mechanical damage; Postharvest storage; Primary deterioration; Respiration; Sweet potato; Tubers; Vascular discoloration; Xanthosoma; Yams

Indexed keywords

DIOSCOREA ALATA; DIOSCOREA BULBIFERA; DIOSCOREA CAYENENSIS; DIOSCOREA ESCULENTA; IPOMEA; IPOMOEA; IPOMOEA BATATAS; MANIHOT ESCULENTA; SOLANUM TUBEROSUM; XANTHOSOMA;

CARBOHYDRATE; WATER;

CHEMISTRY; FOOD HANDLING; FOOD PRESERVATION; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT ROOT; PLANT STEM; REVIEW; STANDARD; SWEATING; TEMPERATURE; TROPIC CLIMATE; VEGETABLE;

CARBOHYDRATES; FOOD HANDLING; FOOD PRESERVATION; PLANT ROOTS; PLANT STEMS; PLANT TRANSPIRATION; TEMPERATURE; TROPICAL CLIMATE; VEGETABLES; WATER;

EID: 0030255572     PISSN: 10408398     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10408399609527745     Document Type: Review

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