Changes in water potential, osmotic potential, and tissue electrolyte leakage during mass loss in carrots stored under different conditions

Scientia Horticulturae

Volumn 95, Issue 1-2, 2002, Pages 13-21

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b AGRICULTURE AND AGRI FOOD CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Carrot; Osmotic potential; Relative electrolyte leakage; Shelf life; Water potential

Indexed keywords

HORTICULTURE;

CICONIIFORMES; DAUCUS; DAUCUS CAROTA;

EID: 0037008822     PISSN: 03044238     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-4238(02)00034-1     Document Type: Article

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