Cell wall changes in pear fruit softening on and off the tree

Postharvest Biology and Technology

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 143-149

  Murayama, Hideki ^a   Takahashi, Takeru ^a   Honda, Reiko ^a   Fukushima, Tadaaki ^a  

^a YAMAGATA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Ethylene production; Pear fruit; Polyuronides; Pyrus communis; Ripening; Softening

Indexed keywords

PYRUS COMMUNIS;

EID: 0031741088     PISSN: 09255214     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0925-5214(98)00043-X     Document Type: Article

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