Effects of hot water treatment on reducing chilling injury of pomegranate (Punica granatum) fruit during storage

Acta Horticulturae

Volumn 682, Issue , 2005, Pages 887-892

  Mirdehghan, S H ^a   Rahemi, M ^a  

^a SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

'Malas Saveh'; 'Malas Yazdi'; Browning; Electrolyte leakage; Potassium ion leakage

Indexed keywords

EID: 33745539956     PISSN: 05677572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.17660/ActaHortic.2005.682.115     Document Type: Conference Paper

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