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research article

Lemon storage: Pre-storage treatment reduces black buttons, decay, delays fruit aging

authors

Louis C. Erickson, University of California College of Agriculture

publication information

California Agriculture 6(12):4-4. DOI: 10.3733/ca.v006n12p4. December 1952.

abstract

Not available – first paragraph follows:

The keeping quality of lemons—during and after storage—can be improved by pre-storage treatment with the growth regulators 2,4-D—2,4-dichlorophenoxyacetic acid—or 2,4,5-T—2,4,5-tricholophenoxyacetic acid.

author affiliations

Louis C. Erickson is Assistant Plant Physiologist, University of California College of Agriculture, Riverside;

author notes

The above progress report is based OR Research Project No. 1346