Combination of chitosan and ethanol to control postharvest gray mold of table grapes

Postharvest Biology and Technology

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 134-140

  Romanazzi, Gianfranco ^a   Karabulut, Ozgur A ^b   Smilanick, Joseph L ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÀ POLITECNICA DELLE MARCHE   (Italy)

^b ULUDAG UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Botrytis rot; Grey mould; Respiration; Viscosity; Vitis vinifera

Indexed keywords

BOTRYOTINIA FUCKELIANA; BOTRYTIS; VITACEAE; VITIS VINIFERA;

EID: 34247850966     PISSN: 09255214     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.postharvbio.2007.01.004     Document Type: Article

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