Carbohydrate Metabolism in Tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum L. Mill) Fruits during Ripening

Journal of Food Science and Technology

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 222-226

  Singh, Meenakshi ^a   Dhawan, Kamal ^a   Malhotra, Sarla P ^a  

^a CCS HARYANA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Cell wall polysaccharides; Cellulase; Invertase; Lycopersicon esculentum; Polygalacturonase; Starch; Sucrose synthase; Sugars; Tomato

Indexed keywords

EID: 0003119085     PISSN: 00221155     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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