Acetaldehyde is a causal agent responsible for ethanol-induced ripening inhibition in tomato fruit

Plant Physiology

Volumn 113, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 431-439

  Beaulieu, John C ^a,b   Peiser, Galen ^a   Saltveit, Mikal E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b CBQF CENTRO DE BIOTECNOLOGIA E QUÍMICA FINA LABORATÓRIO ASSOCIADO   (Portugal)

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EID: 0030893618     PISSN: 00320889     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1104/pp.113.2.431     Document Type: Article

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