Pre-harvest application of calcium to control black heart disorder in Mauritius pineapples during low-temperature storage

Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture

Volumn 86, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 420-424

  Hewajulige, Ilmi G N ^a   Wijeratnam, Shanthi Wilson ^a   Wijesundera, Ravindra L C ^b  

^a INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY INSTITUTE   (Sri Lanka)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLOMBO   (Sri Lanka)

Author keywords

Black heart disorder; Calcium; Mauritius; Pre harvest

Indexed keywords

ANANAS COMOSUS;

EID: 31444456281     PISSN: 00225142     EISSN: 10970010     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jsfa.2361     Document Type: Conference Paper

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