Postharvest application of hot water treatment in citrus fruits: The road from the laboratory to the packing-house

Acta Horticulturae

Volumn 518, Issue , 2000, Pages 19-28

  Ben Yehoshua, S ^a   Peretz, J ^a   Rodov, V ^a   Nafussi, B ^a   Yekutieli, O ^b   Wiseblum, A ^b   Regev, R ^b  

^a VOLCANI CENTER   (Israel)

^b EXTENSION SERVICE   (Israel)

Author keywords

Citrus packing house treatments; Citrus paradisi; Citrus sinensis; Citrus sp.; Fortunella margarita; Grapefruit; Kumquat; Mandarin; Orange; Postharvest disease control; Postharvest hot water treatment

Indexed keywords

EID: 0002829229     PISSN: 05677572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.17660/ActaHortic.2000.518.2     Document Type: Conference Paper

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