Physiological and chemical changes during ripening of Costa Rican bananas harvested in different seasons

Journal of the American Society for Horticultural Science

Volumn 121, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 1157-1161

  Marin, Douglas H ^a   Blankenship, Sylvia M ^a   Sutton, Turner B ^a,b   Swallow, William H ^a,b  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Dept of Plant Pathology ^*

Author keywords

ethylene; Musa AAA; postharvest physiology; quality; respiration; storage

Indexed keywords

MUSA;

EID: 0030444738     PISSN: 00031062     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.21273/jashs.121.6.1157     Document Type: Article

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