Effect of site and storage conditions on quality of industrial fresh pepper

Scientia Horticulturae

Volumn 130, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 141-145

  Guerra, Marcos ^a   Magdaleno, Ricardo ^a   Casquero, Pedro A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEÓN   (Spain)

Author keywords

Cold storage; Colour; Fruit quality; Pepper; Site; Texture

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; FRUIT; HARVESTING; HERB; INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION; MARKET SYSTEM; STORAGE; TEXTURE;

CAPSICUM ANNUUM; CAPSICUM ANNUUM VAR. ANNUUM;

EID: 79961173386     PISSN: 03044238     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scienta.2011.06.027     Document Type: Article

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