Characterization of postharvest treatments with sodium methylparaben to control citrus green and blue molds

Postharvest Biology and Technology

Volumn 77, Issue , 2013, Pages 128-137

  Moscoso Ramírez, Pedro A ^a,b   Montesinos Herrero, Clara ^a   Palou, Lluís ^a  

^a INSTITUTO VALENCIANO DE INVESTIGACIONES AGRARIAS IVIA   (Spain)

^b Colegio de Postgraduados ^*  (Mexico)

Author keywords

Alternative disease control; Food additives; Imazalil; Mandarins; Oranges; Penicillium digitatum; Penicillium italicum

Indexed keywords

CITRUS; CITRUS SINENSIS; EUROTIALES; PENICILLIUM; PENICILLIUM DIGITATUM; PENICILLIUM ITALICUM;

EID: 84872684900     PISSN: 09255214     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.postharvbio.2012.10.007     Document Type: Article

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