Modified atmosphere packaging storage of green bell peppers: Quality criteria

Biosystems Engineering

Volumn 106, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 535-543

  Manolopoulou, H ^a   Xanthopoulos, G ^b   Douros, N ^b   Lambrinos, Gr ^b  

^a TECHNOLOGICAL EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTE OF KALAMATA   (Greece)

^b AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASCORBIC ACID; BELLS; COLOR COMPUTER GRAPHICS; POLYVINYL CHLORIDES;

CAPSICUM ANNUUM; CHILLING INJURY; CO2 CONCENTRATION; PACKAGING FILMS; QUALITY CHARACTERISTIC; QUALITY CRITERIA; STORAGE PERIODS; STORAGE TEMPERATURES;

MODIFIED ATMOSPHERE PACKAGING;

CAPSICUM; CAPSICUM ANNUUM;

EID: 77955172641     PISSN: 15375110     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biosystemseng.2010.06.003     Document Type: Article

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