Effects of cooling treatments and physical damage on tip rot and postharvest quality of asparagus spears.

Author(s) : LALLU N., YEARSLEY C. W., ELGAR H. J.

Type of article: Article

Summary

Trials are performed on asparagus spears to find out the best cooling method (hydrocooling, forced air cooling or passive cooling). Best results were obtained with hydrocooling. Tip rot increased with increasing severity of non-visible impact damage on the spear tips.

Details

  • Original title: Effects of cooling treatments and physical damage on tip rot and postharvest quality of asparagus spears.
  • Record ID : 2002-0842
  • Languages: English
  • Source: N. Z. J. Crop hortic. Sci. - vol. 28 - n. 1
  • Publication date: 2000

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