Ozone application for postharvest disinfection of tomatoes

Ozone: Science and Engineering

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 361-371

  Venta, Mayra Bataller ^a   Broche, Sandra Santa Cruz ^b   Torres, Irán Fernández ^a   Pérez, Mario García ^b   Lorenzo, Eliet Veliz ^a   Rodriguez, Yalexmi Ramos ^a   Cepero, Silvia Menéndez ^a  

^a Ozone Research Center Havana   (Cuba)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAVANA   (Cuba)

Author keywords

Disinfection; Ozone; Sensory quality; Shelf life; Spoilage; Storage; Tomatoes

Indexed keywords

AQUEOUS PHASIS; CONTROLLED TEMPERATURE; LYCOPERSICON; OZONATED WATER; OZONE CONCENTRATION; POST-HARVEST TREATMENTS; POSTHARVEST; SENSORY ATTRIBUTES; SENSORY QUALITIES; SHELF LIFE; STORAGE; TOMATOES;

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; DISINFECTION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HUMIDITY CONTROL; OZONE; SPOILAGE;

FRUITS;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; LYCOPERSICON; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM;

EID: 77957757832     PISSN: 01919512     EISSN: 15476545     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01919512.2010.508100     Document Type: Article

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