Chlorophyll degradation in Wase satsuma mandarin (Citrus unshiu Marc.) fruit with on-tree maturation and ethylene treatment

Scientia Horticulturae

Volumn 71, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 35-42

  Yamauchi, Naoki ^a   Akiyama, Yu ^a   Kako, Shunji ^a   Hashinaga, Fumio ^b  

^a YAMAGUCHI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KAGOSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Chlorophyll degradation; Chlorophyll derivatives; Chlorophyllase; Citrus unshiu; Degreening

Indexed keywords

CITRUS UNSHIU;

EID: 0031450755     PISSN: 03044238     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-4238(97)00105-2     Document Type: Article

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