Effects of high O2 pretreatment and high O2 MAP on quality of cucumber fruit

Acta Horticulturae

Volumn 682, Issue , 2005, Pages 1559-1564

  Srilaong, V ^a   Kanlayanarat, S ^a   Tatsumi, Y ^b  

^a KING MONGKUT'S UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY THONBURI   (Thailand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MIYAZAKI   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cucumis sativus; Modified atmosphere; Sensory evaluation; Visual quality

Indexed keywords

EID: 77957024741     PISSN: 05677572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.17660/ActaHortic.2005.682.207     Document Type: Conference Paper

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