Reduction of chilling injury in stored avocado, grapefruit, and bell pepper by methyl jasmonate

Canadian Journal of Botany

Volumn 74, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 870-874

  Meir, Shimon ^a   Philosoph Hadas, Sonia ^a   Lurie, Susan ^a   Droby, Samir ^a   Akerman, Miriam ^a   Zauberman, Giora ^a   Shapiro, Boris ^a   Cohen, Eliahou ^a   Fuchs, Yoram ^a  

^a VOLCANI CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Chilling injury; Methyl jasmonate; Postharvest treatment; Stored fruits

Indexed keywords

CAPSICUM; CAPSICUM ANNUM; CITRUS; CITRUS PARODISI; CITRUS X PARADISI; PERSEA AMERICANA;

EID: 0000570441     PISSN: 00084026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/b96-108     Document Type: Article

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