Effect of chitosan–Aloe vera coating on postharvest quality of blueberry (Vaccinium corymbosum) fruit

Joana T. Martins (SFRH/BPD/89992/2012) is the recipient of a fellowship from the Fundacao para a Ciencia e Tecnologia (FCT, Portugal). Maria L. Flores-Lopez thanks Mexican Science and Technology Council(CONACYT, Mexico) for PhD fellowship support (CONACYT Grant number: 215499/310847). The authors thank the FCT the strategic funding of UID/BIO/04469/2013 unit and the project RECI/BBB-EBI/0179/2012 (FCOMP-01-0124-FEDER- 027462).

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