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RESULTS OBTAINED BY USING COLD IN THE PRESERVATION OF FRUIT AND VEGETABLE QUALITY.

LES RESULTATS OBTENUS PAR L'UTILISATION DU FROID POUR LE MAINTIEN DE LA QUALITE DES FRUITS ET DES LEGUMES.

Author(s) : GHERGHI A., et al.

Summary

THE INFLUENCE OF COLD STORAGE ON THE PRESERVATION OF THE QUALITY OF 23 FRUIT AND VEGETABLE SPECIES WAS DETERMINED BY MEANS OF 3 INDICATOR GROUPS. MORPHOLOGICAL CHANGES STUDIED UNDER AN ELECTRON MICROSCOPE SHOWED THAT COLD STORAGE DIMINISHED THE RATE OF FORMATION OF SOME COMPLEX SUBSTANCES WHICH ARE SPECIFIC TO PHYSIOLOGICAL DISEASES AND TO THE BROWNING OF TISSUES. LIKEWISE, ETHYLENE PRODUCTION DIMINISHED AND THE PRODUCT STORAGE LIFE BECAME LONGER.

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  • Original title: LES RESULTATS OBTENUS PAR L'UTILISATION DU FROID POUR LE MAINTIEN DE LA QUALITE DES FRUITS ET DES LEGUMES.
  • Record ID : 1992-2291
  • Languages: French
  • Source: New challenges in refrigeration. Proceedings of the XVIIIth International Congress of Refrigeration, August 10-17, 1991, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
  • Publication date: 1991/08/10
  • Document available for consultation in the library of the IIR headquarters only.

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