Thyme oil vapour and modified atmosphere packaging reduce anthracnose incidence and maintain fruit quality in avocado

Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture

Volumn 93, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 3024-3031

  Sellamuthu, Periyar Selvam ^a   Mafune, Mpho ^a   Sivakumar, Dharini ^a   Soundy, Puffy ^a  

^a TSHWANE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Antioxidant activity; Essential oil; Gas composition; Thymol; Total phenolic compounds

Indexed keywords

PERSEA AMERICANA; THYMUS VULGARIS;

EID: 84881024162     PISSN: 00225142     EISSN: 10970010     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jsfa.6135     Document Type: Article

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