New degreening treatments to improve the quality of citrus fruit combining different periods with and without ethylene exposure

Postharvest Biology and Technology

Volumn 63, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 25-32

  Sdiri, Sawsen ^a   Navarro, Pilar ^a   Monterde, Adela ^a   Benabda, Jameleddine ^b   Salvador, Alejandra ^a  

^a INSTITUTO VALENCIANO DE INVESTIGACIONES AGRARIAS IVIA   (Spain)

^b Ecole Superieure d'Horticulture et d'Elevage de Chott Mariem   (Tunisia)

Author keywords

Calyx alterations; Color; Duration; Ethylene; Fruit quality; Mandarin; Orange

Indexed keywords

CITRUS;

EID: 80053377238     PISSN: 09255214     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.postharvbio.2011.08.005     Document Type: Article

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