Acidified peel of litchi fruits selects for postharvest Penicillium decay

Phytoparasitica

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 226-236

  Lichter, Amnon ^a   Dvir, Orit ^a   Ackerman, Miryam ^a   Feygenberg, Oleg ^a   Pesis, Edna ^a  

^a VOLCANI CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Cold storage; Litchi chinensis; Postharvest pathogens; Sulfur dioxide

Indexed keywords

FUNGI; LITCHI CHINENSIS; PENICILLIUM; PENICILLIUM AURANTIOGRISEUM; PENICILLIUM COMMUNE; PENICILLIUM SP.;

EID: 3342960074     PISSN: 03342123     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02979817     Document Type: Article

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