Forced-air cooling applied before fruit handling to prevent mechanical damage of plums (Prunus salicina Lindl.)

Postharvest Biology and Technology

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 135-142

  Martínez Romero, Domingo ^a   Castillo, Salvador ^a   Valero, Daniel ^a  

^a MIGUEL HERNÁNDEZ UNIVERSITY   (Spain)

Author keywords

Forced air cooling; Plums; Prunus salicina Lindl.; Santa Rosa

Indexed keywords

PRUNUS; PRUNUS DOMESTICA; PRUNUS SALICINA; ROSA;

EID: 0037376271     PISSN: 09255214     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0925-5214(02)00142-4     Document Type: Article

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