Postharvest biology, quality and shelf life of buckwheat microgreens

LWT

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 73-78

  Kou, Liping ^a,b   Luo, Yaguang ^b   Yang, Tianbao ^b   Xiao, Zhenlei ^b,c   Turner, Ellen R ^b   Lester, Gene E ^b   Wang, Qin ^c   Camp, Mary J ^b  

^a NORTHWEST A F UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Buckwheat microgreens; Gas composition; Modified atmosphere packaging; Quality; Temperature

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CROPS; ELECTROLYTES; FOOD STORAGE; IMAGE QUALITY; OXYGEN; OXYGEN PERMEABLE MEMBRANES; TEMPERATURE; TISSUE; TRANSMISSIONS;

BUCKWHEAT MICROGREENS; ELECTROLYTE LEAKAGE; GAS COMPOSITIONS; MICROBIAL POPULATIONS; OXYGEN TRANSMISSION RATES; POSTHARVEST; SHELF LIFE; STORAGE TEMPERATURES;

MODIFIED ATMOSPHERE PACKAGING;

EID: 84871087889     PISSN: 00236438     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.lwt.2012.11.017     Document Type: Article

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