Relationship between polyamine content and ethylene evolution during the ripening of Japanese pear 'Kosui'

Journal of the Japanese Society for Horticultural Science

Volumn 67, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 970-972

  Ohkawa, Katsuya ^a   Ohara, Hitoshi ^a   Matsui, Hiroyuki ^a   Takahashi, Eikichi ^a   Hirata, Naomi ^a  

^a CHIBA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Ethylene; Fruit ripening; Japanese pear; Polyamines

Indexed keywords

1 AMINOCYCLOPROPANE 1 CARBOXYLIC ACID; AMINOOXYACETIC ACID; BIOSYNTHESIS; ETHYLENE; JAPAN; MITOGUAZONE; PEAR; PUTRESCINE; RIPENING; S ADENOSYLMETHIONINE; SPERMIDINE; SPERMINE;

PYRUS COMMUNIS;

EID: 0032412950     PISSN: 18823351     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2503/jjshs.67.970     Document Type: Article

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