Conventional and emergent sanitizers decreased Ectomyelois ceratoniae infestation and maintained quality of date palm after shelf-life

Postharvest Biology and Technology

Volumn 87, Issue , 2014, Pages 33-41

  Jemni, Monia ^a   Otón, Mariano ^b   Ramirez, Juan Gabriel ^b   Artés Hernández, Francisco ^b   Chaira, Nizar ^a   Ferchichi, Ali ^c   Artés, Francisco ^b  

^a Institute of the Arid Regions Medenine   (Tunisia)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF CARTAGENA   (Spain)

^c INSTITUT NATIONAL AGRONOMIQUE DE TUNISIE   (Tunisia)

Author keywords

'Deglet Nour'; Electrolyzed water; Moth of pyrale; NaClO; O3; UV C

Indexed keywords

EID: 84883399414     PISSN: 09255214     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.postharvbio.2013.08.002     Document Type: Article

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