Growing season climates affect quality of fresh-cut lettuce

Postharvest Biology and Technology

Volumn 123, Issue , 2017, Pages 60-68

  Tudela, Juan A ^a   Hernández, Natalia ^a   Pérez Vicente, Antonio ^b   Gil, María I ^a  

^a RESEARCH GROUP ON QUALITY   (Spain)

^b IFAPA CENTRO EL TORUÑO   (Spain)

Author keywords

Browning; Lactuca sativa L.; Minimal processing; Postharvest storage; Preharvest factors

Indexed keywords

EID: 84984707019     PISSN: 09255214     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.postharvbio.2016.08.013     Document Type: Article

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