Effect of postharvest application of chitosan combined with clove oil against citrus green mold

Postharvest Biology and Technology

Volumn 99, Issue , 2015, Pages 37-43

  Shao, Xingfeng ^a   Cao, Baoying ^b   Xu, Feng ^a   Xie, Shuhui ^a   Yu, Dandan ^a   Wang, Hongfei ^a  

^a NINGBO UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Ningbo City College of Vocational Technology   (China)

Author keywords

Chitosan; Clove oil; Green mold; P. digitatum; Satsuma mandarin

Indexed keywords

EID: 84906483104     PISSN: 09255214     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.postharvbio.2014.07.014     Document Type: Article

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