The effect of heat treatment on quality retention of fresh-cut peach

Postharvest Biology and Technology

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 30-36

  Koukounaras, Athanasios ^a   Diamantidis, Grigorios ^a   Sfakiotakis, Evangelos ^a  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

Author keywords

Browning; Firmness; Hot water; Nutrient retention; PPO and PME activities; Shelf life

Indexed keywords

PRUNUS PERSICA;

EID: 38949181281     PISSN: 09255214     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.postharvbio.2007.09.011     Document Type: Article

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