Improvement of harvested strawberry quality by illumination: Colour and Botrytis infection

Postharvest Biology and Technology

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 19-27

  Saks, Yolanta ^a   Copel, Azika ^b   Barkai Golan, Rivka ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

^b VOLCANI CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Decay; Illumination; Postharvest; Strawberry colour

Indexed keywords

BOTRYOTINIA FUCKELIANA; BOTRYTIS; CALYX; FRAGARIA X ANANASSA;

EID: 0002838932     PISSN: 09255214     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0925-5214(95)00054-2     Document Type: Article

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