Effect of hot water treatment and various calcium salts on quality of fresh-cut 'Amarillo' melon

Postharvest Biology and Technology

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 397-406

  Aguayo, Encarna ^a   Escalona, Víctor H ^a   Artés, Francisco ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF CARTAGENA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Calcium chloride; Ethylene emission; Lactate; Microbial counts; Minimal fresh processed melon; Propionate; Respiration; Sugars

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CUCUMIS; CUCUMIS MELO;

EID: 38649099968     PISSN: 09255214     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.postharvbio.2007.08.001     Document Type: Article

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