Postharvest peel pitting at non-chilling temperatures in grapefruit is promoted by changes from low to high relative humidity during storage

Postharvest Biology and Technology

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 79-87

  Alférez, Fernando ^a   Burns, Jacqueline K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Citrus; Fruit quality; Peel pitting; Relative humidity; Waxes

Indexed keywords

CITRUS; CITRUS X PARADISI;

EID: 1842665788     PISSN: 09255214     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.postharvbio.2003.09.018     Document Type: Article

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