Catalase enzyme activity is related to tolerance of mandarin fruits to chilling

Postharvest Biology and Technology

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 81-89

  Sala, Jose M ^a   Lafuente, María T ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE AGROQUÍMICA Y TECNOLOGÍA DE ALIMENTOS CSIC   (Spain)

Author keywords

Acclimation; Catalase; Citrus fruit; Cold stress; High temperature conditioning; Hot water dips; Oxidative stress

Indexed keywords

EID: 0033850021     PISSN: 09255214     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0925-5214(00)00115-0     Document Type: Article

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