Combination of physical and low-toxicity chemical postharvest treatments for integrated disease management of citrus fruit: A review

Stewart Postharvest Review

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 1-11

  Montesinos Herrero, Clara ^a   Palou, Lluís ^a  

^a INSTITUTO VALENCIANO DE INVESTIGACIONES AGRARIAS IVIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Antifungal edible coatings; Blue mould; Geotrichum citri aurantii; GRAS; Green mould; Heat; Integrated disease management; P. italicum; Penicillium digitatum; Sour rot

Indexed keywords

CITRUS; GEOTRICHUM; GEOTRICHUM CITRI-AURANTII; PENICILLIUM DIGITATUM;

EID: 77952975348     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17459656     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2212/spr.2010.1.1     Document Type: Article

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