Preharvest Treatment with Oxalic Acid Improves Postharvest Storage of Lemon Fruit by Stimulation of the Antioxidant System and Phenolic Content

Lemon trees (<i>Citrus limon</i> (L.) Burm. F) were treated monthly with oxalic acid (OA) at 0.1, 0.5, and 1 mM from initial fruit growth on the tree until harvest in2019. The experiment was repeated in 2020, with the application of OA 1 mM (according to the best results of 2019). In bot...

Full description

Bibliographic Details

Published in:	Antioxidants
Main Authors:	Vicente Serna-Escolano, María José Giménez, Salvador Castillo, Juan Miguel Valverde, Domingo Martínez-Romero, Fabián Guillén, María Serrano, Daniel Valero, Pedro Javier Zapata
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	MDPI AG 2021-06-01
Subjects:	lemon tree oxalic acid antioxidant enzymes total phenolic content preharvest postharvest
Online Access:	https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3921/10/6/963