Basil conservation affected by cropping season, harvest time and storage period

Pesquisa Agropecuaria Brasileira

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 323-328

  Da Silva, Franceli ^a   Silva Santos, Ricardo Henrique ^a   De Andrade, Nélio José ^a   Almeida Barbosa, Luiz Cláudio ^a   Dias Casali, Vicente Wagner ^a   De Lima, Renato Ribeiro ^a   Passarinho, RicardoVaz De Melo ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF VIÇOSA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Chlorophyll; Eugenol; Linalool; Mold; Ocimum basilicum; Yeast

Indexed keywords

OCIMUM BASILICUM; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 21744454655     PISSN: 0100204X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/s0100-204x2005000400002     Document Type: Article

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