Postharvest control of litchi pericarp browning (cv. Kwai Mi) by combined treatments of chitosan and organic acids: II. Effect of the initial water content of pericarp

Postharvest Biology and Technology

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 137-144

  Caro, Yanis ^a   Joas, Jacques ^a  

^a CIRAD   (France)

Author keywords

Acid treatment; Browning; Litchi chinensis Sonn cv. Kwai Mi; Pericarp; Postharvest; Storage

Indexed keywords

ALLIUM SATIVUM; LITCHI CHINENSIS;

EID: 27644569377     PISSN: 09255214     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.postharvbio.2005.06.012     Document Type: Article

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