Low oxygen and elevated carbon dioxide atmospheres inhibit ethylene biosynthesis in preclimacteric and climacteric apple fruit

Journal of the American Society for Horticultural Science

Volumn 122, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 542-546

  Gorny, James R ^a   Kader, Adel A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Controlled atmospheres; Elevated CO2; Ethylene biosynthesis; Malus domestica; Reduced O2

Indexed keywords

MALUS X DOMESTICA;

EID: 0030749036     PISSN: 00031062     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.21273/jashs.122.4.542     Document Type: Article

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