Use of equilibrium modified atmosphere packaging for preservation of 'San Antonio' and 'Banane' breba crops (Ficus carica L.)

Postharvest Biology and Technology

Volumn 98, Issue , 2014, Pages 14-22

  Villalobos, María del Carmen ^a   Serradilla, Manuel Joaquín ^b   Martín, Alberto ^a   Ruiz Moyano, Santiago ^a   Pereira, Cristina ^b   Córdoba, María de Guía ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXTREMADURA   (Spain)

^b Centro de Investigacion Finca La Orden Valdesequera   (Spain)

Author keywords

Breba crops; Equilibrium modified atmosphere packaging (EMAP); Microbial counts; Quality evaluation; Sensory analysis

Indexed keywords

EID: 84904885866     PISSN: 09255214     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.postharvbio.2014.07.001     Document Type: Article

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