Maintaining postharvest quality of the tomato fruit by employing methyl jasmonate and ethanol vapor treatment

Journal of Food Quality

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 567-580

  Tzortzakis, Nikos G ^a   Economakis, Costas D ^a  

^a National Agriculture Research Foundation of Greece   (Greece)

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BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); FUNGI; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM;

EID: 36448983957     PISSN: 01469428     EISSN: 17454557     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1745-4557.2007.00143.x     Document Type: Article

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