Effect of storage temperature on the quality of edible flowers

Postharvest Biology and Technology

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 341-344

  Kelley, Kathleen M ^a   Cameron, Arthur C ^b   Biernbaum, John A ^b   Poff, Kenneth L ^b  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Borago officinalis; Package; Petals; Phaseolus coccineus; Storage; Temperature; Tropaeolum majus; Viola tricolor; Viola x wittrockiana; Visual quality

Indexed keywords

APOIDEA; BORAGINACEAE; BORAGO OFFICINALIS; PHASEOLUS (ANGIOSPERM); PHASEOLUS COCCINEUS; TROPAEOLUM MAJUS; VIOLA (ANGIOSPERM); VIOLA TRICOLOR; VIOLA WITTROCKIANA;

EID: 0037362747     PISSN: 09255214     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0925-5214(02)00096-0     Document Type: Article

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