Maturation and ripening of fruit of Amelanchier alnifolia Nutt. are accompanied by increasing oxidative stress

Annals of Botany

Volumn 81, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 203-211

  Rogiers, Suzy Y ^a   Kumar, G N Mohan ^a   Knowles, N Richard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Amelanchier alnifolia Nutt.; Oxidative stress; Ripening; Saskatoon fruit

Indexed keywords

AMELANCHIER ALNIFOLIA;

EID: 0031889539     PISSN: 03057364     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/anbo.1997.0543     Document Type: Article

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