Delay of avocado (Persea americana) fruit ripening by 1-methylcyclopropene and wax treatments

Postharvest Biology and Technology

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 247-257

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

1 Methylcyclopropene; Avocado; Polygalacturonase; Ripening; Softening; Waxing

Indexed keywords

PERSEA; PERSEA AMERICANA;

EID: 0038067843     PISSN: 09255214     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0925-5214(02)00176-X     Document Type: Article

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