Changes in storage quality and shelf life of green asparagus over an extended harvest season

Postharvest Biology and Technology

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 323-328

  Bhowmik, Pankaj Kumar ^a,c   Matsui, Toshiyuki ^a   Ikeuchi, Takao ^b   Suzuki, Haruo ^a  

^a KAGAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Kagawa Medical University   (Japan)

^c Kita Gun   (Japan)

Author keywords

Asparagus officinalis; Mother stalk culture; Shelf life

Indexed keywords

ASPARAGUS; ASPARAGUS OFFICINALIS;

EID: 0036838101     PISSN: 09255214     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0925-5214(02)00062-5     Document Type: Article

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