Postharvest Physiology of Vegetables

Handbook of Vegetables and Vegetable Processing

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 199-217

  Toivonen, Peter M A ^a,b  

^a Food Safety and Quality Program   (Canada)

^b SUMMERLAND RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Broccoli, storage life measured in weeks onion's storage life measured in months; Brussels sprout, leafy vegetable susceptible to yellowing and senescence; Chilling sensitivity and membrane integrity; Fruit vegetables, harvested at ripe maturity climacteric respiratory behavior; Packaging whole or minimally processed vegetables design and matching of packaging film permeability rate; Phytohormones, fundamental component of plant growth and development; Postharvest handling systems and vegetable storage; Respiration and storage potentials; Vegetable quality and nutritional value determined by physiological characteristics; Vegetable type classification anatomical description and respiratory rate class at commercial maturity

Indexed keywords

EID: 84887184331     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780470958346.ch9     Document Type: Chapter

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