Postharvest browning of rambutan is a consequence of water loss

Journal of the American Society for Horticultural Science

Volumn 121, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 730-734

  Landrigan, Margaret ^a,d   Morris, Stephen C ^b   McGlasson, Barry W ^c  

^a Northern Territory Dept of Primary Industry and Fisheries   (Australia)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY   (Australia)

^d DPIF   (Australia)

Author keywords

color; desiccation; Nephelium lappaceum; relative humidity; storage; weight loss

Indexed keywords

EID: 0029742164     PISSN: 00031062     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.21273/jashs.121.4.730     Document Type: Article

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