Modified-atmosphere packaging of fruits and vegetables: Reducing condensation of water in bell peppers and mangoes

Acta Horticulturae

Volumn 464, Issue , 1998, Pages 387-392

  Ben Yehoshua, Shimshon ^a   Rodov, Victor ^a   Fishman, Svetlana ^b   Peretz, Jacob ^b  

^a Department of Postharvest Science of Fresh Produce ^*  (Israel)

^b VOLCANI CENTER   (Israel)

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CAPSICUM; CAPSICUM ANNUUM VAR. ANNUUM;

EID: 43049087291     PISSN: 05677572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.17660/ActaHortic.1998.464.59     Document Type: Conference Paper

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