Low temperature conditioning before cold disinfestation improves 'Hass' avocado fruit quality

Postharvest Biology and Technology

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 123-133

  Hofman, Peter J ^a   Stubbings, Barbara A ^a   Adkins, Matthew F ^a   Corcoran, Robert J ^c   White, Anne ^b   Woolf, Allan B ^b  

^a DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES   (Australia)

^b THE NEW ZEALAND INSTITUTE FOR PLANT AND FOOD RESEARCH LIMITED   (New Zealand)

^c Queensland Horticulture Institute   (Australia)

Author keywords

Avocado; Chilling injury; Cold; Conditioning; Disease; Disinfestation; Hot water; Quality; Queensland fruit fly (Bactrocera tryoni)

Indexed keywords

BACTROCERA TRYONI; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; PERSEA; PERSEA AMERICANA;

EID: 0037377254     PISSN: 09255214     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0925-5214(02)00175-8     Document Type: Article

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