Reduction of postharvest losses of Galia melon by a short hot-water rinse

Plant Pathology

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 333-338

  Fallik, E ^a   Aharoni, Y ^a   Copel, A ^a   Rodov, V ^a   Tuvia Alkalai, S ^a   Horev, B ^a   Yekutieli, O ^b   Wiseblum, A ^b   Regev, R ^b  

^a Department of Postharvest Science of Fresh Produce ^*  (Israel)

^b VOLCANI CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Brushes; Hot water rinse; Marketing; Storage

Indexed keywords

ALTERNARIA ALTERNATA; COLONY FORMING UNIT; CULTIVAR; DECONTAMINATION; EUROPE; FRUIT; FUNGAL SPORE; FUSARIUM SOLANI; GROWTH INHIBITION; HOT WATER; QUALITY CONTROL; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SIMULATION; TEMPERATURE;

CUCUMIS MELO;

EID: 0034084716     PISSN: 00320862     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3059.2000.00467.x     Document Type: Article

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