Effects of chitosan/nano-silica on postharvest quality and antioxidant capacity of loquat fruit during cold storage

Postharvest Biology and Technology

Volumn 119, Issue , 2016, Pages 41-48

  Song, Huwei ^a   Yuan, Weiming ^b   Jin, Peng ^c   Wang, Wei ^d   Wang, Xinfeng ^a   Yang, Liming ^a   Zhang, Yunfeng ^a  

^a HUAIYIN NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b SUZHOU POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE OF AGRICULTURE   (China)

^c NANJING AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d ANHUI AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Chilling injury; Chitosan; Loquat; Nano silica; Oxidative damage; Physiological properties

Indexed keywords

EID: 84966351111     PISSN: 09255214     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.postharvbio.2016.04.015     Document Type: Article

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