Ethylene carbon dioxide production in detached fruit of selected pepper cultivars

Journal of the American Society for Horticultural Science

Volumn 124, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 402-406

  Villavicencio, Lucia ^a   Blankenship, Sylvia M ^a   Sanders, Douglas C ^a   Swallow, William H ^a  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Capsicum annuum; Capsicum chinense; Capsicum frutescens; Climacteric; Maturation; Respiration; Ripening

Indexed keywords

CAPSICUM; CAPSICUM ANNUUM; CAPSICUM CHINENSE; CAPSICUM FRUTESCENS;

EID: 0033028087     PISSN: 00031062     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.21273/jashs.124.4.402     Document Type: Article

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