Influence of Postharvest Treatment with Putrescine and Calcium on Endogenous Polyamines, Firmness, and Abscisic Acid in Lemon (Citrus lemon L. Burm Cv. Verna)

Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry

Volumn 46, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 2102-2109

  Valero, Daniel ^a   Martínez Romero, Domingo ^b   Serrano, María ^a   Riquelme, Fernando ^b  

^a MIGUEL HERNÁNDEZ UNIVERSITY   (Spain)

^b RESEARCH GROUP ON QUALITY   (Spain)

Author keywords

Abscisic acid; Citrus lemon; Color; Firmness; Lemon; Polyamines; Postharvest

Indexed keywords

CITRUS; CITRUS LIMON;

EID: 0000666970     PISSN: 00218561     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jf970866x     Document Type: Article

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