The influence of harvest maturity, curing and storage conditions upon the storability of sweet onions

Applied Engineering in Agriculture

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 511-515

  Maw, B W ^a,b   Smittle, D A ^c   Mullinix, B G ^c  

^a ASAE ^*  (United States)

^b University of Georgia   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Allium cepa L.; Storage; Sweet onions

Indexed keywords

ALLIUM CEPA;

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; CURING; DECAY (ORGANIC); HARVESTING; STORAGE (MATERIALS);

HARVEST MATURITY;

CROPS;

EID: 0031190275     PISSN: 08838542     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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