Reduction of postharvest rind disorders in citrus fruit by modified atmosphere packaging

Postharvest Biology and Technology

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 35-43

  Porat, Ron ^a   Weiss, Batia ^a   Cohen, Lea ^a   Daus, Avinoam ^a   Aharoni, Nehemia ^a  

^a VOLCANI CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Chilling injury; Citrus; Modified atmosphere; Postharvest; Rind breakdown

Indexed keywords

CITRUS; CITRUS RETICULATA; CITRUS X PARADISI;

EID: 2642580119     PISSN: 09255214     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.postharvbio.2004.01.010     Document Type: Article

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