Development and control of scald on wonderful pomegranates during long-term storage

Postharvest Biology and Technology

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 234-243

  Defilippi, Bruno G ^a   Whitaker, Bruce D ^b   Hess Pierce, Betty M ^c   Kader, Adel A ^c  

^a INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIONES AGROPECUARIAS   (Chile)

^b AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

1 MCP; Controlled atmosphere; DPA; Physiological disorder; Punica granatum

Indexed keywords

LYTHRACEAE; PUNICA GRANATUM;

EID: 33751117742     PISSN: 09255214     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.postharvbio.2006.04.006     Document Type: Article

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