Quality

Quality in Leafy Salads

Resource List

AHDB resources

Understanding the mechanism and role that pre-harvest horticultural maturity, agronomic factors and growing conditions have on postharvest discoloration in celery Review and evaluation of two phosphate stripping materials for reducing phosphorus concentrations in watercress discharge outflows A review of the agronomic factors that influence postharvest pinking in lettuce Bay-leaf Spinach: Investigating the impact of pre-harvest treatments on shelf-life and quality Glasshouse celery: temperature monitoring in relation to bolting 1988 Lettuce: early production of bagged crisp and early lettuce under glass 1991 Protected celery - improvement of quality 1993 Protected celery: survey of crops on the South Coast and investigation of a breakdown problem 1994 Protected Salads: Effect of spectrally modifying plastics on the harvest nitrate content of baby leaf and lettuce 2006 Shelf-life testing - the effect of head maturity and head density on the post harvest quality of iceberg on lettuce 1989 Iceberg lettuce: a review of factors influencing post-harvest quality 1997 Iceberg lettuce: monitoring temperature and carbon dioxide in bulk loads during long distance transport 1997 Assuring the microbiological quality of water used to irrigate salad crops: an assessment of the options available 2004 Watercress: predicting the effect of agronomic production factors on the flavour acceptability to consumers 2004 Watercress: predicting the effect of agronomic production factors on the flavour acceptability to consumers 2005