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research article

Control of vapors in storage essential for prolonging life of avocados and citrus fruits

authors

J. B. Biale

publication information

California Agriculture 1(9):1-3. DOI: 10.3733/ca.v001n09p1e. August 1947.

author affiliations

J. B. Biale is Assistant Professor of Subtropical Horticulaure and Assistant Plant Physiologist in the Expriment Station, Los Angeles.

abstract

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One of the factors which plays an important role in avocado storage is the accumulation of an active emanation recently identified in this laboratory as ethylene gas.