Avocado lenticel damage: The cause and the effect on fruit quality

Postharvest Biology and Technology

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 383-390

  Everett, Kerry R ^a   Hallett, Ian C ^a   Rees George, Jonathan ^a   Chynoweth, Robert W ^a   Pak, Henry A ^b  

^a THE NEW ZEALAND INSTITUTE FOR PLANT AND FOOD RESEARCH LIMITED   (New Zealand)

^b The Avocado Industry Council Ltd   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Avocado; Colletotrichum acutatum; Lenticel damage; Measles; Phomopsis

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); COLLETOTRICHUM; FUNGI; GLOMERELLA ACUTATA; PERSEA AMERICANA; PHOMOPSIS; PUNCTUM BLANDIANUM;

EID: 40249093631     PISSN: 09255214     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.postharvbio.2007.09.008     Document Type: Article

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