Effect of ethylene degreening on the development of postharvest penicillium molds and fruit quality of early season citrus fruit

Postharvest Biology and Technology

Volumn 91, Issue , 2014, Pages 1-8

  Moscoso Ramírez, Pedro A ^a,b   Palou, Lluís ^a  

^a INSTITUTO VALENCIANO DE INVESTIGACIONES AGRARIAS IVIA   (Spain)

^b Colegio de Postgraduados ^*  (Mexico)

Author keywords

Mandarin; Orange; P. italicum; Peel color index; Penicillium digitatum; Postharvest disease

Indexed keywords

EID: 84892516678     PISSN: 09255214     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.postharvbio.2013.12.008     Document Type: Article

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