Sustainable sanitation techniques for keeping quality and safety of fresh-cut plant commodities

Postharvest Biology and Technology

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 287-296

  Artés, Francisco ^a   Gómez, Perla ^a   Aguayo, Encarna ^a   Escalona, Víctor ^a   Artés Hernández, Francisco ^a  

^a Institute of Plant Biotechnology   (Spain)

Author keywords

Intense light pulses; Minimally processed; Nitrogen dioxide; Noble gases; Overall quality; Ozone; Sanitizers; Superatmospheric oxygen; UV C; Washing solutions

Indexed keywords

EID: 58749113049     PISSN: 09255214     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.postharvbio.2008.10.003     Document Type: Review

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