Postharvest quality changes in fresh-cut watercress stored under conventional and inert gas-enriched modified atmosphere packaging

Postharvest Biology and Technology

Volumn 112, Issue , 2016, Pages 55-63

  Pinela, José ^a,b   Barreira, João C M ^a,b   Barros, Lillian ^a   Antonio, Amilcar L ^a   Carvalho, Ana Maria ^a   Oliveira, M Beatriz P P ^b   Ferreira, Isabel C F R ^a  

^a INSTITUTO POLITÉCNICO DE BRAGANÇA   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Conventional packaging; Fresh cut watercress; Modified atmosphere packaging; Nasturtium officinale; Postharvest quality; Refrigerated storage

Indexed keywords

EID: 84944929687     PISSN: 09255214     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.postharvbio.2015.10.004     Document Type: Article

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