Postharvest heat treatment of apples to control San Jose scale (Quadraspidiotus perniciosus Comstock) and blue mold (Penicillium expansum Link) and maintain fruit firmness

Journal of the American Society for Horticultural Science

Volumn 123, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 110-114

  Lurie, Susan ^a   Fallik, Elazar ^a   Klein, Joshua D ^a   Kozar, Frerenc ^b   Kovacs, Kornel ^b  

^a VOLCANI CENTER   (Israel)

^b INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Disinfestation; Malus xdomestica

Indexed keywords

ANNA; FUNGI; INSECTA; MALUS; MALUS X DOMESTICA; MALUS XDOMESTICA; PENICILLIUM EXPANSUM; QUADRASPIDIOTUS; QUADRASPIDIOTUS PERNICIOSUS;

EID: 0031973082     PISSN: 00031062     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.21273/jashs.123.1.110     Document Type: Article

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