Abstract:Background
Green mold, Penicillium digitatum, reduces the postharvest quality of citrus fruit as one of the most economically important horticultural crops in the world. The effect of chitosan, denak essential oil and CH + DEO was investigated on the quality of ‘Navel’ orange fruit infected by P. digitatum.
Results
The results showed that all treatments except DEO, CH and CH + DEO were unusable after 14 days due to decay. Fruit treated with CH and CH + DEO showed the lowest respiration rate and weight loss d… Show more
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