Control of storage diseases of citrus by pre- and postharvest application of salts

Postharvest Biology and Technology

Volumn 72, Issue , 2012, Pages 57-63

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

^b Agricultural Research Center   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Citrus; Citrus reticulata; Citrus sinensis; Penicillium decay; Postharvest diseases; Salts

Indexed keywords

CITRUS; CITRUS RETICULATA; CITRUS SINENSIS; PENICILLIUM; PENICILLIUM DIGITATUM; PENICILLIUM ITALICUM;

EID: 84861974716     PISSN: 09255214     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.postharvbio.2012.05.004     Document Type: Article

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