An overview on litchi fruit quality and alternative postharvest treatments to replace sulfur dioxide fumigation

Food Reviews International

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 162-188

  Sivakumar, Dharini ^a   Terry, Leon A ^b   Korsten, Lise ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^b CRANFIELD UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Litchi fruit; Pericarp browning; Postharvest decay; Postharvest technology

Indexed keywords

ALTERNATIVE TECHNOLOGIES; CHEMICAL PARAMETERS; FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LITCHI FRUIT; PERICARP BROWNING; POST-HARVEST TECHNOLOGIES; POST-HARVEST TREATMENTS; POSTHARVEST DECAYS;

FRUITS; FUMIGATION; SULFUR;

SULFUR DIOXIDE;

LITCHI CHINENSIS;

EID: 77949561999     PISSN: 87559129     EISSN: 15256103     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/87559121003590516     Document Type: Article

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