Ripening and postharvest behaviour of fruits of two Hylocereus species (Cactaceae)

Postharvest Biology and Technology

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 39-45

  Nerd, Avinoam ^a   Gutman, Feiga ^a   Mizrahi, Yosef ^a  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

Chemophysical changes; Gas production; Hylocereus polyrhizus; Hylocereus undatus; Pitaya; Storage

Indexed keywords

HYLOCEREUS; HYLOCEREUS POLYRHIZUS; HYLOCEREUS UNDATUS;

EID: 0032858846     PISSN: 09255214     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0925-5214(99)00035-6     Document Type: Article

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