Postharvest application of gum arabic and essential oils for controlling anthracnose and quality of banana and papaya during cold storage

Postharvest Biology and Technology

Volumn 62, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 71-76

  Maqbool, Mehdi ^a   Ali, Asgar ^a   Alderson, Peter G ^a   Mohamed, Mahmud Tengku Muda ^b   Siddiqui, Yasmeen ^b   Zahid, Noosheen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM MALAYSIA CAMPUS   (Malaysia)

^b UNIVERSITY PUTRA MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Carica papaya; Cinnamon oil; Colletotrichum gloeosporioides; Edible coatings; Lemongrass oil; Musa acuminata; Postharvest quality

Indexed keywords

ACACIA SENEGAL; CARICA PAPAYA; CINNAMOMUM VERUM; COLLETOTRICHUM; COLLETOTRICHUM MUSAE; CYMBOPOGON CITRATUS; GLOMERELLA CINGULATA; MUSA ACUMINATA; SOLANUM TUBEROSUM;

EID: 79960594572     PISSN: 09255214     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.postharvbio.2011.04.002     Document Type: Article

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