Thermal postharvest treatments for improving pomegranate quality and shelf life

Postharvest Biology and Technology

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 245-251

  Artés, Francisco ^a   Tudela, Juan A ^a   Villaescusa, Raquel ^a  

^a RESEARCH GROUP ON QUALITY   (Spain)

Author keywords

Curing; Fungal attacks; Husk scald; Intermittent warming; Pitting; Pomegranate (Punica granatum L.); Quality attributes; Weight loss

Indexed keywords

PUNICA GRANATUM;

EID: 0034018281     PISSN: 09255214     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0925-5214(00)00066-1     Document Type: Article

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