Polyamines, Ethylene, and Physicochemical Changes in Low-Temperature-Stored Peach (Prunus persica L. Cv. Maycrest)

Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry

Volumn 45, Issue 9, 1997, Pages 3406-3410

  Valero, Daniel ^a   Serrano, María ^b   Martínez Madrid, María Concepción ^b   Riquelme, Fernando ^a  

^a RESEARCH GROUP ON QUALITY   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE VALÈNCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Ethylene; Firmness; Peach; Polyamines; Postharvest; Prunus persica

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000644293     PISSN: 00218561     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jf970182p     Document Type: Article

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