Carbon dioxide and 1-MCP inhibit ethylene production and respiration of pear fruit by different mechanisms

Journal of Experimental Botany

Volumn 50, Issue 335, 1999, Pages 837-844

  De Wild, Hans P J ^a   Woltering, Ernst J ^a   Peppelenbos, Herman W ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Gas exchange models; Inhibition; Michaelis Menten kinetics; Pear; Pyrus communis L.

Indexed keywords

EID: 0033052327     PISSN: 00220957     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jxb/50.335.837     Document Type: Article

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