Use of chitosan-based edible coatings in combination with other natural compounds, to control Rhizopus stolonifer and Escherichia coli DH5α in fresh tomatoes

Crop Protection

Volumn 38, Issue , 2012, Pages 1-6

  Ramos García, Margarita ^a   Bosquez Molina, Elsa ^b   Hernández Romano, Jesús ^c   Zavala Padilla, Guadalupe ^d   Terrés Rojas, Eduardo ^e   Alia Tejacal, Irán ^f   Barrera Necha, Laura ^a   Hernández López, Mónica ^a   Bautista Baños, Silvia ^a  

^a INSTITUTO POLITÉCNICO NACIONAL   (Mexico)

^b DEPARTAMENTO DE QUÍMICA   (Mexico)

^c Universidad Politecnica del Estado de Morelos   (Mexico)

^d INSTITUTO DE BIOTECNOLOGÍA   (Mexico)

^e INSTITUTO MEXICANO DEL PETRÓLEO   (Mexico)

^f UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DEL ESTADO DE MORELOS   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Beeswax; Food borne pathogens; Lime essential oil; Lycopersicon esculentum; Oleic acid

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DISEASE; BIOLOGICAL CONTROL; CHEMICAL COMPOUND; COATING; COLIFORM BACTERIUM; ESSENTIAL OIL; FRUIT; FUNGUS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; RHIZOPUS; RHIZOPUS STOLONIFER; THYMUS VULGARIS;

EID: 84860997845     PISSN: 02612194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cropro.2012.02.016     Document Type: Article

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