Effectiveness of submicron chitosan dispersions in controlling anthracnose and maintaining quality of dragon fruit

Postharvest Biology and Technology

Volumn 86, Issue , 2013, Pages 147-153

  Ali, Asgar ^a   Zahid, Noosheen ^a   Manickam, Sivakumar ^a   Siddiqui, Yasmeen ^b   Alderson, Peter G ^c   Maqbool, Mehdi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM MALAYSIA CAMPUS   (Malaysia)

^b UNIVERSITY PUTRA MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Antioxidant activity; Colletotrichum gloeosporioides; Postharvest quality; Respiration

Indexed keywords

EID: 84880644584     PISSN: 09255214     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.postharvbio.2013.06.027     Document Type: Article

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