Post Harvest Treatment Effects on Crown-Cut Broccoli Shelf Life

The effects of packaging treatments, post harvest cooling delay and storage duration on color, texture, ascorbic acid content, weight loss and glucosinolate retention in crown-cut heads of broccoli were studied. Oxygen and CO2 levels inside shrink wrap packages were also monitored. Shrink wrap packa...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Ramesh, Reddy Yettella Venkata
Other Authors: Food Science and Technology
Format: Others
Published: Virginia Tech 2011
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10919/10069
http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-08092004-150957