Curative and preventive activity of hydroxypropyl methylcellulose-lipid edible composite coatings containing antifungal food additives to control citrus postharvest green and blue molds

Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry

Volumn 57, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 2770-2777

  Valencia Chamorro, Silvia A ^a,b   Pérez Gago, Marí B ^a   Río, Miguel A Del ^a   Palou, Lluís ^a  

^a INSTITUTO VALENCIANO DE INVESTIGACIONES AGRARIAS IVIA   (Spain)

^b ESCUELA POLITÉCNICA NACIONAL   (Ecuador)

Author keywords

Edible coatings; Food preservatives; Mandarins; Oranges; Postharvest

Indexed keywords

CITRUS; CITRUS RETICULATA; EUROTIALES; PENICILLIUM; PENICILLIUM DIGITATUM; PENICILLIUM ITALICUM;

EID: 64549163712     PISSN: 00218561     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jf803534a     Document Type: Article

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