Cold storage duration influences ethylene biosynthesis and ripening of 'Bartlett' pears

HortScience

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 687-690

  Agar, I Tayfun ^a   Biasi, William V ^b   Mitcham, Elizabeth J ^b  

^a CUKUROVA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

ACC oxidase; ACC synthase; Color; Firmness; Pyrus communis; Respiration

Indexed keywords

PYRUS; PYRUS COMMUNIS;

EID: 0033944730     PISSN: 00185345     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.21273/hortsci.35.4.687     Document Type: Article

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