Tolerance of red-fleshed grapefruit to a constant or stepped temperature, forced-air quarantine heat treatment

Postharvest Biology and Technology

Volumn 7, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 151-159

  Shellie, Krista C ^a   Mangan, Robert L ^a  

^a KIKA DE LA GARZA SUBTROPICAL AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Citrus paradisi Macf; Disinfestation; Heat; Phytosanitary; Quality

Indexed keywords

CITRUS PARADISI;

EID: 0030062702     PISSN: 09255214     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0925-5214(95)00029-1     Document Type: Article

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