Effect of hot water treatment on leaf extension growth, fresh weight loss and color of stored minimally processed leeks

Postharvest Biology and Technology

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 56-60

  Tsouvaltzis, Pavlos ^a   Siomos, Anastasios S ^a   Gerasopoulos, Dimitrios ^a  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

Author keywords

Allium porrum L.; Quality; Ready to use leek; Telescoping

Indexed keywords

ALLIUM PORRUM;

EID: 29144510617     PISSN: 09255214     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.postharvbio.2005.06.009     Document Type: Article

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