Hot-air induced thermotolerance of red ginger flowers and mealybugs to postharvest hot-water immersion

Postharvest Biology and Technology

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 101-108

  Hara, Arnold H ^a   Hata, Trent Y ^a   Hu, Benjamin K S ^a   Tsang, Marcel M C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII AT HILO   (United States)

Author keywords

Alpinia purpurata; Heat conditioning; Heat shock; Hot water; Quarantine security

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030874118     PISSN: 09255214     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0925-5214(97)00042-2     Document Type: Article

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