Factors affecting quality of fresh-cut horticultural products

Postharvest Biology and Technology

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 115-125

  Watada, Alley E ^a   Ko, Nathanee P ^a   Minott, Donna A ^b  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Jamaica)

Author keywords

Controlled atmosphere; Fresh cut; Micro organism; Minimally processed; Relative humidity; Respiration

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030292769     PISSN: 09255214     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0925-5214(96)00041-5     Document Type: Article

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