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Physiological effects of cold storage: chilling injury.

Incidence physiologique de la conservation au froid (chilling injury).

Author(s) : WILLEMOT C.

Type of excerpt: Book chapter

Summary

The author highlights the well-known benefits of chilling as a means of extending shelf life and discusses a physiological drawback: chilling injury. Chilling injury is species-dependent. Symptoms of chilling injury are described for several species of vegetables; an overview of the origin of this phenomenon is provided and measures (particularly genetic approaches) designed to improve the situation are discussed.

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  • Original title: Incidence physiologique de la conservation au froid (chilling injury).
  • Record ID : 2001-1905
  • Languages: French
  • Subject: General information
  • Source: Technologie des légumes.
  • Publication date: 1999
  • Document available for consultation in the library of the IIR headquarters only.

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