UV-C treatments reduce decay, retain quality and alleviate chilling injury in pepper

Postharvest Biology and Technology

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 69-78

  Vicente, Ariel R ^a   Pineda, Carlos ^c   Lemoine, Laura ^a   Civello, Pedro M ^b   Martinez, Gustavo A ^b   Chaves, Alicia R ^a  

^a Ctro Invest Y Desarrollo C   (Argentina)

^b Inst Invest Biotecnologicas C   (Argentina)

^c INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE TECNOLOGÍA AGROPECUARIA INTA   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Chilling injury; Fruit quality; Pepper; Physical methods; UV C light

Indexed keywords

CAPSICUM;

EID: 11144332415     PISSN: 09255214     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.postharvbio.2004.06.001     Document Type: Article

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