Mechanical properties of orange peel and fruit treated pre-harvest with gibberellic acid

Transactions of the American Society of Agricultural Engineers

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 1057-1062

  Fidelibus, Matthew W ^a   Teixeira, Arthur A ^a   Davies, Frederick S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Agricultural chemicals; Citrus; Fruit; Gibberellic acid; Mechanical properties; Postharvest quality

Indexed keywords

ELASTIC MODULI; HARVESTING; HORMONES; PEELING; TENSILE TESTING;

PLANT GROWTH REGULATOR;

FRUITS;

ACID; FOOD; MECHANICAL PROPERTY;

CITRUS; CITRUS SINENSIS; VALENCIA;

EID: 0346665775     PISSN: 00012351     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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