Quality of cactus pear [Opuntia ficus-indica (L.) Mill.] fruit in relation to ripening time, CaCl2 pre-harvest sprays and storage conditions

Scientia Horticulturae

Volumn 81, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 425-436

  Schirra, Mario ^a   Inglese, Paolo ^b   La Mantia, Tommaso ^b  

^a CNR   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Chilling injury; Opuntia ficus indica; Rots; Storage

Indexed keywords

OPUNTIA FICUS INDICA;

EID: 0033547182     PISSN: 03044238     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-4238(99)00027-8     Document Type: Article

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