Quality of red sweet pepper fruit treated with 1-MCP during a simulated post-harvest handling chain

Food Science and Technology International

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 23-30

  Fernandez Trujillo J P ^a   Serrano, J M ^a   Martinez J A ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF CARTAGENA   (Spain)

Author keywords

1 methylcyclopropene; Domestic refrigerator; Ethylene production; Organic acids; Retail display; Variable storage temperatures

Indexed keywords

ASCORBIC ACID; CARBON DIOXIDE; CHAINS; COSTS; ETHYLENE; FOOD STORAGE; HARVESTING; ORGANIC ACIDS; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANTS (BOTANY); POLYPROPYLENES; REFRIGERATORS; SALES;

1-METHYLCYCLOPROPENE; 1-METHYLCYCLOPROPENE (1-MCP); DOMESTIC REFRIGERATION; DOMESTIC REFRIGERATORS; ETHYLENE PRODUCTION; RESPIRATION RATE; STORAGE DISORDERS; STORAGE TEMPERATURES;

FRUITS;

BOTRYTIS; CAPSICUM ANNUUM; CAPSICUM ANNUUM VAR. ANNUUM;

EID: 67649526460     PISSN: 10820132     EISSN: 15321738     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1082013208100464     Document Type: Article

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