Effects of curing on green mold and stem-end rot of citrus fruit and its potential application under Florida packing system

Plant Disease

Volumn 89, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 834-840

  Zhang, Jiuxu ^a   Swingle, Patricia P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Botryodiplodia theobromae; Diplodia natalensis; Ethylene degreening; Postharvest disease; Postharvest handling

Indexed keywords

CURING; DISEASES; FRUITS;

GREEN MOLD; INOCULATED FRUITS; LASIODIPLODIA THEOBROMAE; PENICILLIUM DIGITATUM;

FUNGI;

CITRUS FRUITS; CURING; DISEASES; FRUITS;

ANANAS COMOSUS; BOTRYODIPLODIA THEOBROMAE; BOTRYOSPHAERIA RHODINA; CITRUS; CITRUS X PARADISI; DIPLODIA NATALENSIS; PENICILLIUM DIGITATUM;

EID: 22544479147     PISSN: 01912917     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1094/PD-89-0834     Document Type: Article

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