Effects of post-harvest putrescine and calcium treatments on reducing mechanical damage and polyamines and abscisic acid levels during lemon storage

Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture

Volumn 79, Issue 12, 1999, Pages 1589-1595

  Martínez Romero, Domingo ^a   Valero, Daniel ^b   Serrano, María ^b   Marínez Sánchez, Francisco ^b   Riquelme, Fernando ^a  

^a RESEARCH GROUP ON QUALITY   (Spain)

^b Escla Politecnica Sup de Oriuela   (Spain)

Author keywords

Abscisic acid; Calcium; Citrus limon; Compression force; Mechanical damage; Polyamines; Puncture force; Putrescine

Indexed keywords

ABSCISIC ACID; CALCIUM; LEMON; MATURATION; MECHANICAL STRESS; PHYSICAL RESISTANCE; PHYSIOLOGY; POSTHARVEST PERIOD; PUTRESCINE; SPERMIDINE; SPERMINE;

CITRUS LIMON;

EID: 0344117534     PISSN: 00225142     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0010(199909)79:12<1589::AID-JSFA403>3.0.CO;2-J     Document Type: Article

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