Temperature, length of cold storage and maturity influence the ripening rate of ethylene-preconditioned kiwifruit

Postharvest Biology and Technology

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 107-115

  Ritenour, Mark A ^a   Crisosto, Carlos H ^b   Garner, David T ^b   Cheng, Guiwen W ^c   Zoffoli, Juan Pablo ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^d PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

Ethylene production; Firmness; Respiration; Soluble solids concentration

Indexed keywords

EID: 0032965459     PISSN: 09255214     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0925-5214(98)00074-X     Document Type: Article

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