Epicuticular wax content and morphology as related to ethylene and storage performance of 'Navelate' orange fruit

Postharvest Biology and Technology

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 29-35

  Cajuste, Jacques F ^a   González Candelas, Luis ^a   Veyrat, Ana ^a   García Breijo, Francisco J ^b,c   Reig Armiñana, José ^b   Lafuente, María T ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE AGROQUÍMICA Y TECNOLOGÍA DE ALIMENTOS CSIC   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE VALÈNCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Citrus fruit peel collapse; Disease; Epicuticular wax; Ethylene; Non chilling peel pitting; Osmotic; Penicillium digitatum; Water and turgor potentials

Indexed keywords

CITRUS; CITRUS SINENSIS; PENICILLIUM DIGITATUM;

EID: 70349728784     PISSN: 09255214     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.postharvbio.2009.07.005     Document Type: Article

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