Hot air treatment decreases chlorophyll catabolism during postharvest senescence of broccoli (Brassica oleracea L. var. italica) heads

Effect of hot air treatments on senescen

Effect of hot air treatments on senescence and quality parameters of harvested broccoli (Brassica oleracea L var Italica) heads

✍ María L Costa; Pedro M Civello; Alicia R Chaves; Gustavo A Martínez 📂 Article 📅 2005 🏛 John Wiley and Sons 🌐 English ⚖ 134 KB 👁 1 views

## Abstract Treatments with hot air were applied to broccoli (__Brassica oleracea__ L) florets to investigate the effect on several quality and senescence parameters. To select the optimum treatment, florets were treated with different combinations of time/temperature ranging from 1 to 3 h and 37 t