FRESH-CUT PRODUCE: ADVANCES IN PRESERVING QUALITY AND ENSURING SAFETY

Postharvest Management of Horticultural Crops: Practices for Quality Preservation

Volumn , Issue , 2016, Pages 265-290

  Qadri, Ovais Shafiq ^a   Yousuf, Basharat ^a   Srivastava, Abhaya Kumar ^a  

^a ALIGARH MUSLIM UNIVERSITY   (India)

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DOI: 10.1201/b19992-19     Document Type: Chapter

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