Morphological, structural and membrane changes in frozen tissues of madjhoul date (Phoenix dactylifera L.) fruits

Postharvest Biology and Technology

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 207-215

  Shomer, Ilan ^a   Borochov Neori, Hamutal ^b   Luzki, Bela ^b   Merin, Uzi ^a  

^a VOLCANI CENTER   (Israel)

^b Arava Res Station   (Israel)

Author keywords

Date (Phoenix dactylifera L.); Freezing; Freezing injury; Membranes; Microscopy; Ultrastructure

Indexed keywords

PHOENIX DACTYLIFERA;

EID: 0031741718     PISSN: 09255214     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0925-5214(98)00029-5     Document Type: Article

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