Hot water treatment to reduce chilling injury and fungal development and improve visual quality of two Opuntia ficus indica fruit clones

Journal of Arid Environments

Volumn 63, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 366-378

  Rodriguez, S ^a   Casoliba R M ^a   Questa, A G ^a   Felker, P ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE SANTIAGO DEL ESTERO   (Argentina)

^b Universidad Catolica de Santiago del Estero   (Argentina)

^c D'Arrigo Bros   (United States)

Author keywords

Cactus; Chilling injury; Fruit fly; Thiabendazole

Indexed keywords

FRUIT; HORTICULTURE; STORAGE;

ARIDA; CACTACEAE; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; OPUNTIA; OPUNTIA FICUS-INDICA;

EID: 22144472304     PISSN: 01401963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaridenv.2005.03.020     Document Type: Article

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