Blueberry leaf extracts incorporated chitosan coatings for preserving postharvest quality of fresh blueberries

Postharvest Biology and Technology

Volumn 92, Issue , 2014, Pages 46-53

  Yang, Guiyun ^a   Yue, Jin ^a   Gong, Xincheng ^a   Qian, Bingjun ^a   Wang, Huajun ^c   Deng, Yun ^a   Zhao, Yanyun ^a,b  

^a SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Qingpu Modern Agricultural Park   (China)

Author keywords

Blueberry leaf extracts; Chitosan coating; Fresh blueberries; Physicochemical quality; Phytochemicals; Postharvest storage

Indexed keywords

EID: 84893700192     PISSN: 09255214     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.postharvbio.2014.01.018     Document Type: Article

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