Peach fruit ripening and quality in relation to picking time, and hypoxic and high CO2 short-term postharvest treatments

Postharvest Biology and Technology

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 213-222

  Bonghi, C ^a   Ramina, A ^a   Ruperti, B ^a   Vidrih, R ^a   Tonutti, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Acetaldehyde; Endo 1,4 glucanase; Ethanol; Ethylene; Fruit firmness; Harvest time; Prunus persica

Indexed keywords

EID: 0032839225     PISSN: 09255214     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0925-5214(99)00028-9     Document Type: Article

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