Yield and microbial evaluation of summer squash pistillate flowers for 'ready to use product'. First results

Acta Horticulturae

Volumn 741, Issue , 2007, Pages 221-228

  Calabrese, N ^a   Baruzzi, F ^a   Signorella, G ^a   Damato, G ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF SCIENCES OF FOOD PRODUCTION   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cucurbita pepo L.; Processing; Quality; Shelf life; Storage

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CORA; CUCURBITA PEPO; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; LACTOBACILLUS;

EID: 70449107422     PISSN: 05677572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.17660/actahortic.2007.741.25     Document Type: Conference Paper

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