Effect of carbon dioxide on anthocyanins, phenylalanine ammonia lyase and glucosyltransferase in the arils of stored pomegranates

Journal of the American Society for Horticultural Science

Volumn 123, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 136-140

  Holcroft, Deirdre M ^a   Gil, Maria I ^a,b   Kader, Adel A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b RESEARCH GROUP ON QUALITY   (Spain)

Author keywords

Controlled atmosphere storage; Punica granatum; Quality attributes

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031984648     PISSN: 00031062     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.21273/jashs.123.1.136     Document Type: Article

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