Effect of temperature on chilling injury, decay and quality of Hami melon during storage

Postharvest Biology and Technology

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 229-232

  Yang, Bi ^a,b   Shiping, Tian ^b   Hongxia, Lui ^a   Jie, Zhao ^a   Jiankang, Cao ^a   Yongcai, Li ^a   Weiyi, Zhang ^c  

^a GANSU AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (China)

^c XINJIANG AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Chilling injury (CI); Decay; Hami melon; Quality; Storage temperature

Indexed keywords

ALTERNARIA; CUCUMIS; CUCUMIS MELO; FUNGI; FUSARIUM; MELO; MUCOR MUCEDO; RHIZOPUS; TRICHOTHECIUM ROSEUM;

EID: 0141958949     PISSN: 09255214     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0925-5214(03)00104-2     Document Type: Article

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