Impact of a brief postharvest hot water drench treatment on decay, fruit appearance, and microbe populations of California lemons and oranges

HortTechnology

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 333-338

  Smilanick, Joseph L ^a   Sorenson, David ^b   Mansour, Monir ^a   Aieyabei, Jonah ^a   Plaza, Pilar ^c  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^b Sunkist Growers   (United States)

^c IRTA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Geotrichum candidum; Hot water treatment

Indexed keywords

CITRUS LIMON; CITRUS SINENSIS; FUNGI; GALACTOMYCES GEOTRICHUM; GEOTRICHUM; GEOTRICHUM CITRI-AURANTII; PENICILLIUM DIGITATUM; PENICILLIUM ITALICUM; VALENCIA;

EID: 0037376577     PISSN: 10630198     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.21273/horttech.13.2.0333     Document Type: Article

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