Total carotenoid, anthocyanin, and sugar contents in sliced or whole purple (cv. Betasweet) and orange carrots during 4-week cold storage

Horticulture Environment and Biotechnology

Volumn 52, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 402-407

  Lee, Eun Jin ^a   Yoo, Kil Sun ^a   Patil, Bhimanagouda S ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

harvest; marketing period; minimally processed; packing; quality

Indexed keywords

DAUCUS CAROTA;

EID: 84864473390     PISSN: 22113452     EISSN: 22113460     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13580-011-0227-0     Document Type: Article

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