Lychee Quality After Hot-water Immersion and X-ray Irradiation Quarantine Treatments

HortScience

Volumn 38, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 1159-1162

  Follett, Peter A ^a   Sanxter, Suzanne S ^a  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Fruit flies; Hawaii; Litchi chinensis; Postharvest treatment

Indexed keywords

FRUITS; HARVESTING; IRRADIATION; PEST CONTROL; QUALITY CONTROL; X RAY ANALYSIS;

HOT-WATER IMMERSION; WEIGHT LOSS;

FOOD PROCESSING;

DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; LITCHI CHINENSIS;

EID: 0344153855     PISSN: 00185345     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.21273/hortsci.38.6.1159     Document Type: Article

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