Current advances in quality maintenance of fresh-cut fruits

Stewart Postharvest Review

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2008, Pages

  Rojas Graü, María Alejandra ^a   Martín Belloso, Olga ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LLEIDA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Fresh cut fruits; New technologies; Quality; Safety

Indexed keywords

EID: 43249123280     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17459656     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2212/spr.2008.2.6     Document Type: Review

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