Effect of preharvest UV-C treatment of tomatoes (Solanum lycopersicon Mill.) on ripening and pathogen resistance

Postharvest Biology and Technology

Volumn 62, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 188-192

  Obande, Matthew A ^a   Tucker, Gregory A ^b   Shama, Gilbert ^a  

^a LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Pathogen resistance; Preharvest uv c treatment; Ripening; Tomatoes

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; PENICILLIUM DIGITATUM; SOLANUM;

EID: 80052262176     PISSN: 09255214     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.postharvbio.2011.06.001     Document Type: Article

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