Factors affecting quality and postharvest properties of vegetables: Integration of water relations and metabolism

Critical Reviews in Food Science and Nutrition

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 139-154

  Galindo, Federico Gómez ^a   Herppich, Werner ^b   Gekas, Vassilis ^a,c   Sjöholm, Ingegerd ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR AGRICULTURAL ENGINEERING AND BIOECONOMY ATB   (Germany)

^c TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Mechanical stress; Storage stability; Stress physiology; Water relations

Indexed keywords

MECHANICAL STRESSES; STORAGE STABILITY; STRESS PHYSIOLOGY; WATER RELATIONS;

CELL MEMBRANES; FOOD STORAGE; HARVESTING; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANTS (BOTANY); QUALITY CONTROL; WATER;

AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS;

WATER;

ARTICLE; FOOD HANDLING; MECHANICAL STRESS; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; VEGETABLE;

FOOD HANDLING; STRESS, MECHANICAL; VEGETABLES; WATER;

EID: 2942592593     PISSN: 10408398     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10408690490424649     Document Type: Article

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