Modified Humidity Packaging of Fresh Produce

Horticultural Reviews

Volumn 37, Issue , 2010, Pages 281-329

  Rodov, Victor ^a   Ben Yehoshua, Shimshon ^a   Aharoni, Nehemia ^a   Cohen, Shabtai ^a  

^a VOLCANI CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Fresh produce and modified humidity packaging; Hygroscopic additives and humidity buffering in reducing in package humidity; Water in postharvest life of fresh produce

Indexed keywords

EID: 85017332452     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780470543672.ch5     Document Type: Chapter

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