Ripening pawpaw fruit exhibit respiratory and ethylene climacterics

Postharvest Biology and Technology

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 99-103

  Archbold, Douglas D ^a   Pomper, Kirk W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^b KENTUCKY STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Asimina triloba; Firmness; Postharvest

Indexed keywords

ASIMINA; ASIMINA TRILOBA;

EID: 0242492820     PISSN: 09255214     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0925-5214(03)00135-2     Document Type: Article

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