Harvesting and storage

Litchi and Longan: Botany, Production, and Uses

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 273-295

  Holcroft, Deirdre M ^a   Lin, Hetong ^b   Ketsa, Saichol ^c  

^a Dole Fresh Vegetables   (United States)

^b FUJIAN AGRICULTURE AND FORESTRY UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c KASETSART UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

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