Irreversibility of chilling injury in zucchini squash (Cucurbita pepo L.) could be a programmed event long before the visible symptoms are evident

Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications

Volumn 307, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 553-557

  Balandrán Quintana, René R ^b   Mendoza Wilson, Ana Ma ^a   Gardea Béjar, Alfonso A ^a   Vargas Arispuro, Irasema ^a   Martínez Téllez, Miguel Angel ^a  

^a CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIÓN EN ALIMENTACIÓN Y DESARROLLO   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE CHIHUAHUA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Calorimetry; Chilling injury; Cold signaling; Cucurbita pepo L.; Metabolic heat rates; Plant heat evolution; Zucchini squash

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; ETHYLENE;

ARTICLE; CALORIMETRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FREEZING; FRUIT RIPENING; LOW TEMPERATURE; NONHUMAN; PLANT CHILLING INJURY; PLANT METABOLISM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SQUASH; SYMPTOM; THERMOGENESIS;

CUCURBITA; CUCURBITA PEPO; CUCURBITA PEPO VAR. MELOPEPO; PEPO;

EID: 0041670750     PISSN: 0006291X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-291X(03)01212-9     Document Type: Article

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