Nano- and Micro- Carnauba Wax Emulsions versus Shellac Protective Coatings on Postharvest Citrus Quality

Coatings are generally applied to fruit as microemulsions, but nanoemulsions are still experimental. ‘Nova’ mandarins (Citrus reticulata) were coated with shellac or carnauba (Copernica cerifera) microemulsions or an experimental carnauba nanoemulsion; these were compared with an uncoated control du...

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Main Authors: Marcela Miranda, Xiuxiu Sun, Christopher Ference, Anne Plotto, Jinhe Bai, David Wood, Odílio Benedito Garrido Assis, Marcos David Ferreira, Elizabeth Baldwin
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: American Society for Horticultural Science (ASHS) 2020-11-01
Series:Journal of the American Society for Horticultural Science
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Online Access:https://journals.ashs.org/jashs/view/journals/jashs/146/1/article-p40.xml