Quality attributes limiting snap bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) postharvest life at chilling and non-chilling temperatures

HortScience

Volumn 45, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1238-1249

  Proulx, Emilie ^a   Yagiz, Yavuz ^b   Cecilia N Nunes, M ^b   Emond, Jean Pierre ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Chilling injury; Fruit composition; Fruit quality; Storage

Indexed keywords

PHASEOLUS VULGARIS;

EID: 77958089625     PISSN: 00185345     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.21273/hortsci.45.8.1238     Document Type: Article

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