Effect of pyrogallol on the physiology and biochemistry of litchi fruit during storage

Chemistry Central Journal

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Jing, Guoxing ^a,b,c   Huang, Hua ^b   Yang, Bao ^b   Li, Jianrong ^a   Zheng, Xiaolin ^a   Jiang, Yueming ^b  

^a ZHEJIANG GONGSHANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b SOUTH CHINA INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (China)

^c LINGNAN NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Litchi fruit; Physiology; Postharvest; Pyrogallol; Quality; Storage

Indexed keywords

EID: 84873046927     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1752153X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1752-153X-7-19     Document Type: Article

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