Antifungal efficacy of Aloe vera in vitro and its use as a preharvest treatment to maintain postharvest table grape quality

Postharvest Biology and Technology

Volumn 57, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 183-188

  Castillo, S ^a   Navarro, D ^a   Zapata, P J ^a   Guillen F ^a   Valero, D ^a   Serrano, M ^a   Martinez Romero D ^a  

^a MIGUEL HERNÁNDEZ UNIVERSITY   (Spain)

Author keywords

Aloe vera gel; Botrytis cinerea; Decay; Penicillium digitatum; Postharvest quality; Preharvest; Table grape

Indexed keywords

EID: 77954814175     PISSN: 09255214     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.postharvbio.2010.04.006     Document Type: Article

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