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PHYSIOLOGICAL AND TECHNOLOGICAL ASPECTS OF VEGETABLE PRECOOLING.

[In Italian. / En italien.]

Author(s) : MICCOLIS V.

Type of article: Article

Summary

THE FACTORS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE POST-HARVEST DECAY OF VEGETABLES ARE SUMMARIZED BOTH FOR THE BIOLOGICAL FACTORS SUCH AS TRANSPIRATION, COMPOSITIONAL AND MORPHOLOGICAL CHANGES, MECHANICAL DAMAGE, PHYSIOLOGICAL AND PATHOGENIC DISEASES, AND FOR ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS SUCH AS TEMPERATURE, R.H., COMPOSITION OF STORE ATMOSPHERE, LIGHT, PATHOGENS AND POLLUTING AGENTS. AIR COOLING, HYCROCOOLING, VACUUM COOLING AND TOP-ICING ARE SURVEYED AS THE MOST USED TECHNIQUES OF PRECOOLING AIMED AT REDUCING WEIGHT AND QUALITY LOSSES OF VEGETABLES, MOSTLY WHEN THEY ARE HARVESTED DURING SPRING AND SUMMER IN SOUTHR L THE CHARACTERISTICS AND THE ADVANTAGES OF EACH TECHNIQUE, AND THEIR SUITABILITY TO THE DIFFERENT VEGETABLESPECIES ARE DISCUSSED. A. P.

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  • Original title: [In Italian. / En italien.]
  • Record ID : 1990-2358
  • Languages: Italian
  • Source: Industria italiana del Freddo - vol. 44 - n. 1
  • Publication date: 1990
  • Document available for consultation in the library of the IIR headquarters only.

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