Shelf life evaluation of guava (Psidium guajava L.) cultivars

Acta Horticulturae

Volumn 735, Issue , 2007, Pages 603-607

  Killadi, Bharati ^a   Singh, M D ^a   Singh, B P ^a   Singh, Ram Anuj ^b  

^a CENTRAL INSTITUTE FOR SUBTROPICAL HORTICULTURE   (India)

^b BABASAHEB BHIMRAO AMBEDKAR UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Chromacity value; Firmness; Shelf life; Vitamin C

Indexed keywords

PSIDIUM; PSIDIUM GUAJAVA;

EID: 71049168778     PISSN: 05677572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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