Chitosan disrupts Penicillium expansum and controls postharvest blue mold of jujube fruit

Food Control

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 56-62

  Wang, Liting ^a   Wu, Hao ^a   Qin, Guozheng ^b   Meng, Xianghong ^a  

^a OCEAN UNIVERSITY OF CHINA   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

Chitosan; Jujube fruit; Penicillium expansum; Plasma membrane; Postharvest disease

Indexed keywords

EID: 84892850824     PISSN: 09567135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foodcont.2013.12.028     Document Type: Article

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