Modified atmosphere / modified humidity packaging for preserving pomegranate fruit during prolonged storage and transport

Acta Horticulturae

Volumn 818, Issue , 2009, Pages 299-304

  Porat, R ^a   Weiss, B ^a   Fuchs, Y ^a   Kosto, I ^b   Sandman, A ^c   Ward, G ^c   Agar, T ^d  

^a VOLCANI CENTER   (Israel)

^b EXTENSION SERVICE   (Israel)

^c StePac LA Ltd   (Israel)

^d CUKUROVA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Modified atmosphere packaging; Pomegranate; Xtend

Indexed keywords

LYTHRACEAE;

EID: 70350103337     PISSN: 05677572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.17660/ActaHortic.2009.818.44     Document Type: Conference Paper

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