Postharvest treatment of mangoes with calcium

Tropical Science

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 14-17

  Suntharalingam, Sarathathevy ^a  

^a Food Research Centre   (Sri Lanka)

Author keywords

Calcium; Cold storage; Mango; Shelf life

Indexed keywords

EID: 3643070813     PISSN: 00413291     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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