Influence of postharvest treatments and film permeability on quality decay kinetics of minimally processed grapes

Postharvest Biology and Technology

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 389-396

  Del Nobile, M A ^a   Sinigaglia, M ^a   Conte, A ^a   Speranza, B ^a   Scrocco, C ^a   Brescia, I ^a   Bevilacqua, A ^a   Laverse, J ^a   La Notte, E ^a   Antonacci, D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FOGGIA   (Italy)

^b CRA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Biodegradable packaging; Pre treatments; Shelf life; Table grape

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); VITACEAE;

EID: 38649117553     PISSN: 09255214     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.postharvbio.2007.07.004     Document Type: Article

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