Properties and postharvest behavior of the vegetable cactus Nopalea cochenillifera

Postharvest Biology and Technology

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 135-143

  Nerd, A ^a   Dumoutier, M ^a   Mizrahi, Y ^a  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

Acidity; CAM; Chilling injury; CO2; Nopalitos; Storage; Vegetable cladodes

Indexed keywords

NOPALEA COCHENILLIFERA;

EID: 0030913520     PISSN: 09255214     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0925-5214(96)01304-X     Document Type: Article

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