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Steam treatment to prevent carrot decay during storage.

Author(s) : AFEK U., ORENSTEIN J., NURIEL E.

Type of article: Article

Summary

Laboratory experiments demonstrated that steam treatments substantially reduced decay of stored organically grown carrots. Prior to being packaged, winter carrots were exposed to 3 seconds of steam. After 60 days of storage at 0.5 °C plus an additional week at shelf conditions (20 °C), 2% of the carrots were decayed, compared with 23% in the nontreated control.

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  • Original title: Steam treatment to prevent carrot decay during storage.
  • Record ID : 2001-1897
  • Languages: English
  • Source: Crop Prot. - vol. 18 - n. 10
  • Publication date: 1999

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