Effect of temperature on shelf life and microbial population of lightly processed cactus pear fruit

Postharvest Biology and Technology

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 93-104

  Corbo, M R ^a   Altieri, C ^a   D'Amato, D ^a   Campaniello, D ^a   Del Nobile, M A ^a   Sinigaglia, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FOGGIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Chilling injury; Lightly processed fruit; Opuntia ficus indica Mill; Shelf life; Spoilage; Storage temperature

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CACTACEAE; LEUCONOSTOC; LEUCONOSTOC MESENTEROIDES; OPUNTIA; OPUNTIA FICUS; OPUNTIA FICUS-INDICA; PYRUS COMMUNIS;

EID: 0842306433     PISSN: 09255214     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0925-5214(03)00133-9     Document Type: Article

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