Postharvest characteristics and handling of litchi fruit - An overview

Australian Journal of Experimental Agriculture

Volumn 46, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 1541-1556

  Jiang, Y M ^a,b   Wang, Y ^a   Song, L ^a   Liu, H ^a   Lichter, A ^c   Kerdchoechuen, O ^d   Joyce, D C ^e   Shi, J ^f  

^a SOUTH CHINA INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (China)

^b ZHEJIANG GONGSHANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c VOLCANI CENTER   (Israel)

^d KING MONGKUT'S UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY THONBURI   (Thailand)

^e UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^f GUELPH RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FRUIT PRODUCTION; FUMIGATION; HARVESTING;

INSECTA; LITCHI CHINENSIS;

EID: 33751003253     PISSN: 08161089     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/EA05108     Document Type: Review

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