Postharvest grapefruit seed extract and chitosan treatments of table grapes to control Botrytis cinerea

Postharvest Biology and Technology

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 86-94

  Xu, Wen Tao ^a,b   Huang, Kun Lun ^a,b   Guo, Feng ^a   Qu, Wei ^a   Yang, Jia Jia ^b   Liang, Zhi Hong ^a   Luo, Yun Bo ^a  

^a CHINA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b AGRO ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION INSTITUTE   (China)

Author keywords

Botrytis cinerea; Chitosan; Grapefruit seed extract; Quality attributes; Table grape

Indexed keywords

BOTRYOTINIA FUCKELIANA; CITRUS X PARADISI; FUNGI; VITACEAE; VITIS VINIFERA;

EID: 34548281032     PISSN: 09255214     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.postharvbio.2007.03.019     Document Type: Article

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