Postharvest use of organic coating for maintaining bio-organic avocado and mango quality

Acta Horticulturae

Volumn 682, Issue , 2005, Pages 507-512

  Feygenberg, O ^a   Hershkovitz, V ^a   Ben Arie, R ^a   Jacob, S ^a   Pesis, E ^a   Nikitenko, T ^b  

^a VOLCANI CENTER   (Israel)

^b Union 'Almaly'   (Kazakhstan)

Author keywords

Acetaldehyde; Beeswax; Carnauba wax; Ethanol; Fruit quality; Fruit taste

Indexed keywords

EID: 40549133956     PISSN: 05677572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.17660/ActaHortic.2005.682.62     Document Type: Conference Paper

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