Influence of ozonated water on the structure and some quality parameters of whole strawberries in modified atmosphere packaging (MAP)

Acta Horticulturae

Volumn 682, Issue , 2005, Pages 1781-1788

  Rocculi, P ^a   Romani, S ^a   Dalla Rosa, M ^a   Tonutti, P ^b   Bacci, A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^c Sapio Srl Company   (Italy)

Author keywords

Argon; Fragaria x ananassa; Image analysis; Nitrous oxide; Ozone

Indexed keywords

EID: 77952316671     PISSN: 05677572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.17660/ActaHortic.2005.682.238     Document Type: Conference Paper

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