Postharvest damage and darkening in fresh fruit of Uapaca kirkiana (Muell. Arg.)

Postharvest Biology and Technology

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 199-203

  Kadzere, I ^a,b   Watkins, C B ^a   Merwin, I A ^a   Akinnifesi, F K ^c   Saka, J D K ^d  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^b Ministry of Agriculture Zimbabwe   (Zimbabwe)

^c International Centre for Research in Agroforestry (ICRAF)   (Malawi)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MALAWI   (Malawi)

Author keywords

Fruit damage; Heat stress; Indigenous fruit; Malawi; Southern Africa; Storage

Indexed keywords

UAPACA KIRKIANA;

EID: 30944462152     PISSN: 09255214     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.postharvbio.2005.09.011     Document Type: Article

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