Delayed ripening of bananas through minimization of ethylene

Tropical Agriculture

Volumn 76, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 279-282

  Wills, Ron B H ^a   Harris, David R ^a,b   Seberry, J Alan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^b NSW AGRICULTURE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Banana; Ethylene; Green life; Musa spp; Ripening

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001077167     PISSN: 00413216     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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