Chlorophyll fluorescence imaging allows early detection and localization of lemon rind injury following hot water treatment

HortScience

Volumn 40, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 1821-1823

  Obenland, David ^a   Neipp, Paul ^a  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Citrus limon; Essential oil

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; CORRELATION METHODS; ESSENTIAL OILS; FLUORESCENCE; HARVESTING; WATER;

CITRUS LIMON; HOT WATER TREATMENT; WATER-INDUCED RIND INJURY;

CHLOROPHYLL;

CHLOROPHYLLS; CORRELATION; FLUORESCENCE; HARVESTING; HUMIDITY; VOLATILE OIL; WATER;

CITRUS; CITRUS LIMON;

EID: 24944501294     PISSN: 00185345     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.21273/hortsci.40.6.1821     Document Type: Article

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