Postharvest Browning of Litchi Fruit by Water Loss and its Prevention by Controlled Atmosphere Storage at High Relative Humidity

LWT

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 278-283

  Jiang, Y M ^a   Fu, J R ^b  

^a SOUTH CHINA INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (China)

^b SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Browning; Controlled atmosphere; Litchi; Storage; Water loss

Indexed keywords

LITCHI CHINENSIS;

EID: 0004707732     PISSN: 00236438     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/fstl.1999.0546     Document Type: Article

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