Persimmon (Diospyros kaki L.)

Postharvest Biology and Technology of Tropical and Subtropical Fruits

Volumn 4, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Woolf, A B ^a   Ben Arie, R ^b  

^a THE NEW ZEALAND INSTITUTE FOR PLANT AND FOOD RESEARCH LIMITED   (New Zealand)

^b Fruit Storage Research Laboratory   (Israel)

Author keywords

Anoxia tolerance; Astringency; Chilling injury; Diospyros kaki; Persimmon; Tannins

Indexed keywords

EID: 84860220750     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1533/9780857092618.166     Document Type: Chapter

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