New technologies to preserve quality of fresh-cut produce

Food Engineering Series

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 105-115

  Gonzalez Aguilar G A ^a   Ruiz Cruz, S ^a   Cruz Valenzuela, R ^a   Ayala Zavala, J F ^a   De La Rosa, L A ^b   Alvarez Parrilla, E ^b  

^a CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIÓN EN ALIMENTACIÓN Y DESARROLLO   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE CIUDAD JUÁREZ   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Chilling injury; Edible coating; Ethanol vapor; Methyl jasmonate

Indexed keywords

EID: 85060572236     PISSN: 15710297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-0-387-75430-7_6     Document Type: Chapter

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