The fruit cuticle as a modulator of postharvest quality

Postharvest Biology and Technology

Volumn 87, Issue , 2014, Pages 103-112

  Lara, Isabel ^a   Belge, Burcu ^a   Goulao, Luis F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LLEIDA   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGAÇÃO CIENTÍFICA TROPICAL   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Cutin; Decay; Disorders; Firmness; Water loss; Wax

Indexed keywords

EID: 84884132496     PISSN: 09255214     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.postharvbio.2013.08.012     Document Type: Review

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