Ozone gas penetration and control of the sporulation of Penicillium digitatum and Penicillium italicum within commercial packages of oranges during cold storage

Crop Protection

Volumn 22, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 1131-1134

  Palou, Lluís ^a   Smilanick, Joseph L ^b   Crisosto, Carlos H ^a   Mansour, Monir ^b   Plaza, Pilar ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^c IRTA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Blue mold; Citrus; Green mold; Ozonation; Postharvest decay management

Indexed keywords

OZONE; STORAGE;

CITRUS; PENICILLIUM DIGITATUM; PENICILLIUM ITALICUM;

EID: 0141958817     PISSN: 02612194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0261-2194(03)00145-5     Document Type: Article

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