Prestorage temperature manipulations to reduce chilling injury in tomatoes

Postharvest Biology and Technology

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 57-62

  Lurie, Susan ^a   Sabehat, Adnan ^a  

^a VOLCANI CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Decay; Heat treatment; Lycopersicon esculentum; Ripening; Storage

Indexed keywords

LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM;

EID: 0031007253     PISSN: 09255214     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0925-5214(97)01411-7     Document Type: Article

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