Effects of storage temperature and duration on physiological responses of pomegranate fruit

Industrial Crops and Products

Volumn 47, Issue , 2013, Pages 300-309

  Fawole, Olaniyi Amos ^a   Opara, Umezuruike Linus ^a  

^a STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Antioxidant capacity; Fruit quality; Physico chemical; Pomegranate; Postharvest

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANT CAPACITY; FRUIT QUALITY; PHYSICO-CHEMICALS; POMEGRANATE; POSTHARVEST;

AGENTS; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANTS (BOTANY);

FRUITS;

ACIDITY; ANTIOXIDANT; COMMERCIAL SPECIES; CULTIVAR; FRUIT; HIGH TEMPERATURE; LOW TEMPERATURE; MATURATION; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; RELATIVE HUMIDITY; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

LYTHRACEAE;

EID: 84876857288     PISSN: 09266690     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.indcrop.2013.03.028     Document Type: Article

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