Effect of some pre- and postharvest treatments on browning inhibition in fresh cut lettuce during cold storage

Journal of Applied Sciences Research

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 25-33

  Shehata, S A ^a   El Sheikh, T M ^b   El Mohamed, M ^b   Saleh, M A ^b  

^a CAIRO UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^b Agricultural Research Center   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Browning inhibition; Cold stage; Lettuce; Pre and post harvest

Indexed keywords

EID: 84866033007     PISSN: 1816157X     EISSN: 1819544X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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