Postharvest Calcium Infiltration Delays Membrane Lipid Catabolism in Apple Fruit

Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry

Volumn 46, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 2452-2457

  Picchioni, G A ^a   Watada, A E ^b   Conway, W S ^b   Whitaker, B D ^b   Sams, C E ^c  

^a NEW MEXICO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

Author keywords

Glycerolipids; Malus domestica Borkh.; Plant senescence; Ripening; Steryl lipids

Indexed keywords

MALUS X DOMESTICA;

EID: 0000782715     PISSN: 00218561     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jf971083e     Document Type: Article

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