Temporal relationship between ester biosynthesis and ripening events in bananas

Journal of the American Society for Horticultural Science

Volumn 127, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 998-1005

  Jayanty, Sastry ^a   Song, Jun ^a   Rubinstein, Nicole M ^a   Chong, Andrés ^a   Beaudry, Randolph M ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

AAT; ACC oxidase; Aroma; Chlorophyll fluorescence; Ethylene; Musa spp.; Respiration

Indexed keywords

MUSA;

EID: 0036842496     PISSN: 00031062     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.21273/jashs.127.6.998     Document Type: Article

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