Short hypobaric treatments potentiate the effect of chitosan in reducing storage decay of sweet cherries

Postharvest Biology and Technology

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 73-80

  Romanazzi, Gianfranco ^a,b   Nigro, Franco ^a   Ippolito, Antonio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITÀ POLITECNICA DELLE MARCHE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Chitosan; Hypobaric treatments; Integrated treatments; Postharvest decay; Sweet cherries; Synergism

Indexed keywords

ALTERNARIA; PRUNUS AVIUM; RHIZOPUS;

EID: 0038345977     PISSN: 09255214     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0925-5214(02)00239-9     Document Type: Article

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