Modified ethanol atmosphere to control decay of table grapes during storage

Postharvest Biology and Technology

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 222-227

  Lurie, Susan ^a   Pesis, Edna ^a   Gadiyeva, Oxana ^a   Feygenberg, Oleg ^a   Ben Arie, Rosa ^a   Kaplunov, Tanya ^a   Zutahy, Yohanan ^a   Lichter, Amnon ^a  

^a VOLCANI CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Decay; Fruit quality; Postharvest; Vitus vinefera L.

Indexed keywords

VITACEAE; VITIS SP.;

EID: 33750719663     PISSN: 09255214     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.postharvbio.2006.06.011     Document Type: Article

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