Physiological responses and quality attributes of table grape fruit to chitosan preharvest spray and postharvest coating during storage

Food Chemistry

Volumn 106, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 501-508

  Meng, Xianghong ^a   Li, Boqiang ^a   Liu, Jia ^a   Tian, Shiping ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (China)

Author keywords

Chitosan; Decay; Pre and postharvest; Quality; Table grape (Vitis vinifera L., cv Jingxiu)

Indexed keywords

CATECHOL OXIDASE; CHITOSAN; PHENOL DERIVATIVE; PHENYLALANINE AMMONIA LYASE;

ARTICLE; FOOD PRESERVATION; FOOD PROCESSING; FOOD QUALITY; FOOD STORAGE; GRAPEFRUIT; HARVEST PERIOD; HARVESTING;

VITACEAE; VITIS VINIFERA;

EID: 34548312076     PISSN: 03088146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foodchem.2007.06.012     Document Type: Article

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