Effect of postharvest treatment with N6 -benzyladenine on quality of litchi (Litchi chinensis sonn.) fruit

Tropical Science

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 161-164

  Jiang, Yueming ^b   Fu, Jiarui ^a  

^a SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Litchi; N6 benzyladenine; Postharvest; Shelf life

Indexed keywords

LITCHI CHINENSIS;

EID: 0031669296     PISSN: 00413291     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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