Mechanism of off-flavor production in Brassica vegetables under anaerobic conditions

Japan Agricultural Research Quarterly

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 109-114

  Dan, Kazuhiro ^a   Nagata, Masayasu ^a   Yamashita, Ichiji ^a  

^a National Institute of Vegetable and Tea Science   (Japan)

Author keywords

Broccoli; Postharvest technology; Storage; Volatile sulfur compounds

Indexed keywords

EID: 0033242577     PISSN: 00213551     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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