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

Erickson, L

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

Author

Louis C. Erickson

Author Affiliations

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

Publication Information

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

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Abstract

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.

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