Sanitisation of fresh-cut celery and radicchio by gas plasma treatments in water medium

Postharvest Biology and Technology

Volumn 111, Issue , 2016, Pages 297-304

  Berardinelli, Annachiara ^a   Pasquali, Frederique ^a   Cevoli, Chiara ^a   Trevisani, Marcello ^a   Ragni, Luigi ^a   Mancusi, Rocco ^a   Manfreda, Gerardo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Bacterial decontamination; Fresh cut vegetables; Gas plasma; Quality; Storage

Indexed keywords

EID: 84942789382     PISSN: 09255214     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.postharvbio.2015.09.026     Document Type: Article

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