Pomegranate (Punica granatum L.)

Postharvest Biology and Technology of Tropical and Subtropical Fruits

Volumn 4, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Erkan, M ^a   Kader, A A ^b  

^a AKDENIZ UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Arils; Controlled atmosphere; Modified atmosphere packaging; Pomegranate; Punica granatum

Indexed keywords

EID: 84893641750     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1533/9780857092618.287     Document Type: Chapter

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