Water and its relation to fresh produce

Produce Degradation: Pathways and Prevention

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 267-291

  Shamaila, Mawele ^a  

^a NESTLÉ RESEARCH CENTER   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PLANTS (BOTANY);

BIOCHEMICAL REACTIONS; CELL EXPANSION; FRESH PRODUCE; HIGH WATER CONTENT; PLANT FUNCTION; PLANT SURVIVAL; PLANT TISSUES; TEXTURAL PROPERTIES;

PLANT EXPANSION;

EID: 85056956026     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: None     Document Type: Chapter

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