Effects of storage conditions on transpiration rate of pomegranate aril-sacs and arils

South African Journal of Plant and Soil

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 7-11

  Aindongo, Wilhelmina V ^a   Caleb, Oluwafemi J ^b   Mahajan, Pramod V ^c   Manley, Marena ^a   Opara, Umezuruike L ^b  

^a STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^b Faculty of Health Sciences   (South Africa)

^c LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR AGRICULTURAL ENGINEERING AND BIOECONOMY ATB   (Germany)

Author keywords

pomegranate aril sac; relative humidity; storage temperature; transpiration rate

Indexed keywords

FRUIT; MEMBRANE; NUMERICAL MODEL; RELATIVE HUMIDITY; STORAGE; SURFACE AREA; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; TRANSPIRATION;

LYTHRACEAE; PUNICA GRANATUM;

EID: 84898702667     PISSN: 02571862     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02571862.2014.868049     Document Type: Article

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