β-Galactosidase II activity in relation to changes in cell wall galactosyl composition during tomato ripening

Journal of the American Society for Horticultural Science

Volumn 121, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 132-136

  Carrington, C M Sean ^a,b   Pressey, Russell ^a  

^a RUSSELL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Jamaica)

Author keywords

Fruit softening; Lycopersicon esculentum; galactosidase

Indexed keywords

LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM;

EID: 0030021545     PISSN: 00031062     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.21273/jashs.121.1.132     Document Type: Article

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