Cold storage duration affects litchi fruit quality, membrane permeability, enzyme activities and energy charge during shelf time at ambient temperature

Postharvest Biology and Technology

Volumn 60, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 24-30

  Liu, Hai ^a,b   Song, Lili ^b   You, Yanli ^b   Li, Yuebiao ^b   Duan, Xuewu ^b   Jiang, Yueming ^b   Joyce, Daryl C ^c   Ashraf, Muhammad ^d   Lu, Wangjin ^e  

^a GUANGDONG OCEAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b SOUTH CHINA INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE   (Pakistan)

^e SOUTH CHINA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Cold storage; Energy; Enzyme; Litchi; Membrane; Quality; Shelf time

Indexed keywords

LITCHI CHINENSIS;

EID: 79251606862     PISSN: 09255214     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.postharvbio.2010.11.008     Document Type: Article

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