Hot water brushing: An alternative method to SO2 fumigation for color retention of litchi fruits

Postharvest Biology and Technology

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 235-244

  Lichter, Amnon ^a   Dvir, Orit ^a   Rot, Ilana ^a   Akerman, Miryam ^a   Regev, Rafi ^b   Wiesblum, Aharon ^b   Fallik, Elazar ^a   Zauberman, Giora ^a   Fuchs, Yoram ^a  

^a Institute of Technology and Storage of Agricultural Products   (Israel)

^b VOLCANI CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Hot water; Polyphenol oxidase; Postharvest treatment

Indexed keywords

LYCHEE CHINENSIS;

EID: 0034055835     PISSN: 09255214     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0925-5214(99)00077-0     Document Type: Article

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