Effect of post-harvest treatments on shelf-life and quality of litchi fruit stored under modified atmosphere at low temperature

Journal of Food Science and Technology

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 106-109

  Semeerbabu, M T ^a   Kudachikar, V B ^a   Baskaran, Revathy ^a   Ushadevi, A ^a   Matche, R S ^a   Ramana, K V R ^a  

^a CENTRAL FOOD TECHNOLOGICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

Fruit quality; Litchi; Litchi chinensis; Low temperature storage; Modified atmosphere packaging; Post harvest treatments; Shelf life

Indexed keywords

FOOD PROCESSING; PACKAGING; THERMAL EFFECTS;

FRUIT QUALITY; LITCHI; LITCHI CHINENSIS; LOW TEMPERATURE STORAGE; MODIFIED ATMOSPHERE PACKAGING; POST-HARVEST TREATMENTS; SHELF-LIFE;

FRUITS;

FRUITS; PACKAGING; QUALITY;

LITCHI CHINENSIS;

EID: 33846696823     PISSN: 00221155     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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