Effect of chlorine dioxide on the control of postharvest diseases and quality of litchi fruit

African Journal of Biotechnology

Volumn 10, Issue 32, 2011, Pages 6030-6039

  Wu, Bin ^a,b   Li, Xueping ^a   Hu, Huigang ^a   Liu, Aiyuan ^a   Chen, Weixin ^a  

^a SOUTH CHINA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b XINJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Chlorine dioxide; Colletotrichum spp; Litchi; Peroxidase; Polyphenol oxidase

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; CATECHOL OXIDASE; CHLORINE DIOXIDE; ETHYLENE; MALONALDEHYDE; PEROXIDASE; PHENYLALANINE AMMONIA LYASE;

ACIDITY; ANTHRACNOSE; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME INHIBITION; FOOD QUALITY; FRUIT STORAGE; FUNGAL SPORE GERMINATION; LYCHEE; MICROBIAL PEST CONTROL; NONHUMAN; PLANT DISEASE CONTROL; POSTHARVEST DECAY; STORAGE TEMPERATURE;

COLLETOTRICHUM; LITCHI CHINENSIS;

EID: 79960093285     PISSN: 16845315     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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