Purification and characterization of a polygalacturonase produced by Penicillium expansum in apple fruit

Phytopathology

Volumn 86, Issue 11, 1996, Pages 1160-1166

  Yao, Chenglin ^a   Conway, William S ^a   Sams, Carl E ^b  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

Author keywords

pectic enzyme; postharvest decay

Indexed keywords

MALUS X DOMESTICA; PENICILLIUM EXPANSUM;

EID: 0029835491     PISSN: 0031949X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1094/Phyto-86-1160     Document Type: Article

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