The effect of heat conditioning treatments on the postharvest quality of horticultural crops

Stewart Postharvest Review

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2007, Pages

  Mulas, Maurizio ^a   Schirra, Mario ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASSARI   (Italy)

^b INSTITUTE OF SCIENCES OF FOOD PRODUCTION   (Italy)

Author keywords

Eating quality; Fruits; Physiology; Phytochemicals; Thermotherapy; Vegetables

Indexed keywords

HEXAPODA;

EID: 34248347873     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17459656     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2212/spr.2007.1.2     Document Type: Review

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