Ozone and 1-methylcyclopropene alter the postharvest quality of broccoli

Journal of the American Society for Horticultural Science

Volumn 128, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 403-408

  Forney, Charles F ^a   Song, Jun ^a   Fan, Lihua ^a   Hildebrand, Paul D ^a   Jordan, Michael A ^a  

^a AGRICULTURE AND AGRI FOOD CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Brassica oleracea; Chlorophyll fluorescence; Color; Ethylene production; Respiration; Volatiles

Indexed keywords

BRASSICA; BRASSICA OLERACEA; BRASSICA OLERACEA VAR. BOTRYTIS;

EID: 0038814801     PISSN: 00031062     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.21273/jashs.128.3.0403     Document Type: Article

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