Use of edible coatings for fresh-cut fruits and vegetables

Advances in Fresh-Cut Fruits and Vegetables Processing

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 285-311

  Rojas Graü, M Alejandra ^a   Soliva Fortuny, Robert ^a   Martín Belloso, Olga ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LLEIDA   (Spain)

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