Quality assurance of papaya by shrink film wrapping during storage and ripening

Journal of Food Science and Technology

Volumn 42, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 523-525

  Singh, S P ^a   Sudhakar Rao, D V ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF HORTICULTURAL RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

Chilling injury; Papaya; Quality; Shrink wrapping; Storage

Indexed keywords

FOOD STORAGE; PACKAGING; QUALITY ASSURANCE;

CHILLING INJURY; PAPAYA; SHRINK-WRAPPING;

FRUITS;

FOOD STORAGE; FRUITS; PACKAGING; QUALITY; QUALITY CONTROL;

CARICA PAPAYA;

EID: 28844505044     PISSN: 00221155     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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