Effect of the combined application of chitosan and carbonate salts on the incidence of anthracnose and on the quality of papaya during storage

Journal of Horticultural Science and Biotechnology

Volumn 80, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 447-452

  Sivakumar, Dharini ^a,c   Sultanbawa, Yasmina ^a   Ranasingh, Nethmi ^a   Kumara, Predeep ^a   Wijesundera, Ravi L C ^b  

^a INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY INSTITUTE   (Sri Lanka)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLOMBO   (Sri Lanka)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARICA PAPAYA; COLLETOTRICHUM; GLOMERELLA CINGULATA;

EID: 22744450516     PISSN: 14620316     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14620316.2005.11511958     Document Type: Article

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