A study of rapid senescence of detached litchi: Roles of water loss and calcium

Postharvest Biology and Technology

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 177-189

  Huang, Xu Ming ^a   Wang, Hui Cong ^a   Yuan, Wei Qun ^a   Lu, Jie Mei ^a   Yin, Jin Hua ^b   Luo, Shi ^b   Huang, Hui Bai ^a  

^a SOUTH CHINA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Dongguan Agric Research Center   (China)

Author keywords

Cultivar performance; Desiccation; Litchi chinensis Sonn.; Membrane breakdown; Shelf life; Ultrastructure

Indexed keywords

LITCHI CHINENSIS;

EID: 17644388158     PISSN: 09255214     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.postharvbio.2004.12.005     Document Type: Article

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