Microbial ecology of spoilage

Produce Degradation: Pathways and Prevention

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 379-419

  Bari, M L ^a   Sabina, Y ^a   Kawamoto, S ^a   Isshiki, K ^a  

^a NATIONAL FOOD RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CITRUS FRUITS; ECOLOGY; ENZYMES; HARVESTING;

MICROBIAL ECOLOGY; PLANT ENZYMES; RESPIRATORY ACTIVITY; VEGETABLES AND FRUITS;

SPOILAGE;

EID: 84866916915     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: None     Document Type: Chapter

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