Effects of a pure oxygen atmosphere on enzymatic browning of harvested litchi fruit

Journal of Horticultural Science and Biotechnology

Volumn 79, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 859-862

  Duan, X W ^a   Jiang, Y M ^a,b   Su, X G ^a   Zhang, Z Q ^c  

^a SOUTH CHINA INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (China)

^b ZHEJIANG GONGSHANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c SOUTH CHINA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LITCHI CHINENSIS;

EID: 9644278247     PISSN: 14620316     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14620316.2004.11511857     Document Type: Article

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