Changes in storage quality and shelf life of green asparagus over an extended harvest season.
Author(s) : BHOWMIK P. K., MATSUI T., IKEUCHI T., et al.
Type of article: Article
Summary
Asparagus spears (Asparagus officinalis L. cv. Welcome) were harvested from a greenhouse, from March to October and held at 1.5 °C to evaluate the effect of an extended harvest season on storage quality and shelf life. Both storage quality and shelf life declined over the harvest season. The deterioration of textural quality during storage took place for all harvest months, in general being higher for cooler months, and less at the top portion of the spear than at the bottom. During the harvest season, the soluble sugars and organic acid content of freshly harvested spears significantly declined by up to 53% after a 7-day storage period, and the losses were greater in the top than in the bottom portion. Shelf life declined by 50% from a maximum of 2.7 weeks.
Details
- Original title: Changes in storage quality and shelf life of green asparagus over an extended harvest season.
- Record ID : 2003-2423
- Languages: English
- Source: Postharvest Biol. Technol. - vol. 26 - n. 3
- Publication date: 2002/11
Links
See other articles in this issue (3)
See the source
Indexing
-
Themes:
Food quality and safety. Microbiology;
Vegetables - Keywords: Chilling; Harvesting; Asparagus; Quality; Greenhouse; Vegetable; Storage life
-
Sensory and instrumental evaluation of texture ...
- Author(s) : BERNALTE GARCIA M. J., HERNANDEZ MENDEZ M. T., CARBALLO GARCIA B. M.
- Date : 1994
- Languages : Spanish
- Source: Acta Alimentaria - vol. 31 - n. 255
View record
-
Who's responsible for asparagus quality?
- Author(s) : NIGH E. L. Jr
- Date : 1996
- Languages : English
View record
-
Effect of modified-atmosphere packaging on the ...
- Author(s) : AGAR I. T., KASKA N., HICYAKMAZER T., AKTAS H.
- Date : 1994/06/08
- Languages : English
- Source: New Applications of Refrigeration to Fruit and Vegetables Processing.
- Formats : PDF
View record
-
Application originale du froid humide : préréfr...
- Author(s) : BACCAUNAUD M., GARCÍA T., RAYNAL J.
- Date : 1994/09/07
- Languages : French
- Source: Refrigeration and the Quality of Fresh Vegetables.
- Formats : PDF
View record
-
Tomates : la qualité postrécolte.
- Author(s) : MORAS P., BARDET M. C., PLANTON G.
- Date : 1995/05
- Languages : French
- Source: Infos Ctifl - n. 111
View record