Delayed storage and controlled atmosphere storage of nectarines: Two strategies to prevent woolliness

Postharvest Biology and Technology

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 133-141

  Zhou, Hong Wei ^a   Lurie, Susan ^a   Lers, Amnon ^a   Khatchitski, Andrei ^a   Sonego, Lillian ^a   Ben Arie, Ruth ^a  

^a VOLCANI CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Controlled atmosphere; Delayed cooling; Endogluconase; Nectarine; Pectin esterase; Polygalacturonase; Woolliness

Indexed keywords

PRUNUS PERSICA;

EID: 0034000748     PISSN: 09255214     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0925-5214(99)00072-1     Document Type: Article

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