Essential oil amended coatings as alternatives to synthetic fungicides in citrus postharvest management

Postharvest Biology and Technology

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 117-122

  du Plooy, Wilma ^a   Regnier, Thierry ^b   Combrinck, Sandra ^b  

^a John Bean Technologies   (South Africa)

^b TSHWANE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Citrus; Lippia; Penicillium; Postharvest; Spearmint

Indexed keywords

CITRUS; LIPPIA; MENTHA SPICATA; PENICILLIUM; PENICILLIUM DIGITATUM;

EID: 67649908400     PISSN: 09255214     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.postharvbio.2009.04.005     Document Type: Article

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