Influence of 1-methylcyclopropene (1-MCP) on ripening and cell-wall matrix polysaccharides of avocado (Persea americana) fruit

Postharvest Biology and Technology

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 241-256

  Jeong, Jiwon ^a   Huber, Donald J ^a   Sargent, Steven A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

and Galactosidase; 1 Methyl cyclopropene; Avocado; Cx cellulase; Hemicellulose; Pectinmethylesterase; Polygalacturonase; Polyuronides; Ripening; Softening

Indexed keywords

PERSEA; PERSEA AMERICANA;

EID: 0036080869     PISSN: 09255214     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0925-5214(01)00184-3     Document Type: Article

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