Harvest maturity indicators of leafy vegetables

Stewart Postharvest Review

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 1-9

  Gil, M I ^a   Tudela, J A ^a   Martinez Sanchez A ^a   Luna, M C ^a  

^a RESEARCH GROUP ON QUALITY   (Spain)

Author keywords

Baby leaf; Fresh cut; Lettuce; Postharvest; Preharvest; Quality

Indexed keywords

EID: 84864124639     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17459656     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2212/spr.2012.1.2     Document Type: Article

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