Vapor pressure deficit and water loss patterns during simulated air shipment and storage of Beit Alpha cucumbers

Acta Horticulturae

Volumn 682, Issue , 2005, Pages 1697-1704

  Laurin, E ^a   Emond J P ^b   Nunes, M C N ^b   Brecht, J K ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Airfreight; Cucumber; Cucumis sativus; Fruit quality; Low pressure; Postharvest physiology; Stress response; Water diffusion

Indexed keywords

EID: 52949088929     PISSN: 05677572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.17660/ActaHortic.2005.682.226     Document Type: Conference Paper

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