Replacement of postharvest moisture loss by recharging and its effect on subsequent moisture loss during short-term storage of carrots

Journal of the American Society for Horticultural Science

Volumn 123, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 141-145

  Shibairo, Solomon I ^a   Upadhyaya, Mahesh K ^a   Toivonen, Peter M A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b SUMMERLAND RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Abrading; Daucus carota L.; Shelf life

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031974481     PISSN: 00031062     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.21273/jashs.123.1.141     Document Type: Article

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