Activity of salts incorporated in wax in controlling postharvest diseases of citrus fruit

Postharvest Biology and Technology

Volumn 65, Issue , 2012, Pages 39-43

  Youssef, Khamis ^a,b   Ligorio, Angela ^a   Nigro, Franco ^a   Ippolito, Antonio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

^b Agricultural Research Center   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Alternative control means; Clementine; Orange; P. italicum; Penicillium digitatum; Wax

Indexed keywords

ALTERNARIA; BOTRYOTINIA FUCKELIANA; CITRUS; CITRUS RETICULATA; PENICILLIUM DIGITATUM;

EID: 81355161211     PISSN: 09255214     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.postharvbio.2011.10.006     Document Type: Article

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