Postharvest heat treatments to inhibit Penicillium digitatum growth and maintain quality of Mandarin (Citrus reticulata blanco)

Use of fungicides is a common practice as a postharvest treatment to control fruit decay. Nowadays, environment friendly technologies, such as heat treatments, are viable replacements. This study evaluated the effects of post-harvest heat treatments (traditional and microwave-assisted) on mandarins...

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Main Authors: Diana B. Queb-González, Aurelio Lopez-Malo, María E. Sosa-Morales, Rossana Villa-Rojas
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2020-01-01
Series:Heliyon
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2405844020300116