Thermal death kinetics of some common postharvest pathogens of papaya

HortScience

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 998-1002

  Chan Jr , Harvey T ^a   Nishijima, Kate A ^a   Taniguchi, Myles H ^a   Linse, Edward S ^a  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

ACC oxidase; Carica papaya; Colletotrichum gloeosporiodes; decimal reduction times; Enterobacter cloacae; Guignardia; heat treatment; Monilinia fructicola; Oriental fruit flies; quarantine treatment; Rhizopus stolonifer; Stemphylium lycopersici

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BACTROCERA DORSALIS; CARICA PAPAYA; COLLETOTRICHUM; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; ENTEROBACTER; ENTEROBACTER CLOACAE; GUIGNARDIA; MONILINIA FRUCTICOLA; RHIZOPUS; RHIZOPUS STOLONIFER; STEMPHYLIUM LYCOPERSICI;

EID: 8044237119     PISSN: 00185345     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.21273/hortsci.31.6.998     Document Type: Article

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