Impact of plasma processed air (PPA) on quality parameters of fresh produce

Postharvest Biology and Technology

Volumn 100, Issue , 2015, Pages 120-126

  Baier, Matthias ^a   Ehlbeck, Jörg ^b   Knorr, Dietrich ^c   Herppich, Werner B ^a   Schlüter, Oliver ^a  

^a LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR AGRICULTURAL ENGINEERING AND BIOECONOMY ATB   (Germany)

^b LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR PLASMA SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^c TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Aerobic mesophilic count; Chlorophyll fluorescence imaging; Food safety; Physical sanitation treatment; Postharvest quality

Indexed keywords

EID: 84908542690     PISSN: 09255214     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.postharvbio.2014.09.015     Document Type: Article

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