Light quality manipulation improves vegetable quality at harvest and postharvest: A review

Environmental and Experimental Botany

Volumn 139, Issue , 2017, Pages 79-90

  Ilić, Zoran S ^a   Fallik, Elazar ^b  

^a Faculty of Agriculture Pri tina Le ak   (Serbia)

^b VOLCANI CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

colour shade nets; Harvest time; Quality attributes; Storage; Vegetable production

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CAROTENOID; CROP PRODUCTION; FOOD QUALITY; HARVESTING; HORTICULTURE; LIGHT QUALITY; LITERATURE REVIEW; VEGETABLE;

EID: 85018294557     PISSN: 00988472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envexpbot.2017.04.006     Document Type: Review

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