Agar-agar a promising edible coating agent for management of postharvest diseases and improving banana fruit quality

This study was executed to investigate the potential of agar-agar, a nontoxic and non-degradable gelling agent, as a promising coating agent to improve and protect banana fruit against fungal postharvest diseases i.e., crown, finger, neck and flower end rots which are caused by fungal isolates of...

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Main Authors: El Sayed Hussein Ziedan, Hassan Mohamed El Zahaby, Hanafey Farouk Maswada, El Hassan Abd El Rafh Zoeir
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Polish Academy of Sciences 2018-06-01
Series:Journal of Plant Protection Research
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.24425/122938