Effects of chitosan coating on postharvest life and quality of guava (Psidium guajava L.) fruit during cold storage

Scientia Horticulturae

Volumn 144, Issue , 2012, Pages 172-178

  Hong, Keqian ^a   Xie, Jianghui ^a   Zhang, Lubin ^a   Sun, Dequan ^a   Gong, Deqiang ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL BIOSCIENCE AND BIOTECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Antioxidant; Chitosan coating; Guava; Ripening

Indexed keywords

ACIDITY; ALDEHYDE; ANTIOXIDANT; CHITIN; CHLOROPHYLL; COATING; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FRUIT; INHIBITION; OXIDE; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; RADICAL; RIPENING; SHRUB; WEIGHT;

PSIDIUM; PSIDIUM GUAJAVA;

EID: 84864349601     PISSN: 03044238     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scienta.2012.07.002     Document Type: Article

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