Postharvest quality and shelf life of radish microgreens as impacted by storage temperature, packaging film, and chlorine wash treatment

LWT

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 551-558

  Xiao, Zhenlei ^a   Luo, Yaguang ^b   Lester, Gene E ^b   Kou, Liping ^c   Yang, Tianbao ^b   Wang, Qin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^c NORTHWEST A F UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Chlorine wash; MAP; Radish microgreens; Shelf life; Storage temperature

Indexed keywords

AEROBIC BACTERIA; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; ELECTROLYTES; FOOD STORAGE; MODIFIED ATMOSPHERE PACKAGING;

CHLORINE WASH; MESOPHILIC BACTERIA; MICROBIAL POPULATIONS; OXYGEN TRANSMISSION RATES; PACKAGING FILMS; POSTHARVEST QUALITY; QUALITY LIFE; RADISH MICROGREEN; SHELF LIFE; STORAGE TEMPERATURES;

CHLORINE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); RAPHANUS SATIVUS; RAPHANUS SATIVUS VAR. NIGER;

EID: 84888129609     PISSN: 00236438     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.lwt.2013.09.009     Document Type: Article

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