Effects of a chitosan-based coating with ascorbic acid on post-harvest quality and core browning of 'Yali' pears (Pyrus bertschneideri Rehd.)

Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture

Volumn 88, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 877-884

  Lin, Lin ^a   Wang, Baogang ^b   Wang, Meng ^a   Cao, Jiankang ^a   Zhang, Jingjing ^a   Wu, Yu ^a   Jiang, Weibo ^a  

^a CHINA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF PLANT AND ENVIRONMENT PROTECTION   (China)

Author keywords

'Yali' pear; Antioxidant; Ascorbic acid; Chitosan; Core browning

Indexed keywords

PYRUS;

EID: 40649087139     PISSN: 00225142     EISSN: 10970010     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jsfa.3164     Document Type: Article

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