Effects of Water Loss of 'Fuyu' Persimmon Fruit on Mesocarp Cell Wall Composition and Fruit Softening

Journal of the Japanese Society for Horticultural Science

Volumn 72, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 517-524

  Tsuchida, Yasuhisa ^a,b   Sakurai, Naoki ^b   Morinaga, Kunihisa ^a,c   Koshita, Yoshiko ^a   Asakura, Toshikazu ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF FRUIT TREE SCIENCE   (Japan)

^b HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH CENTER FOR WESTERN REGION   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cell wall; Ethylene; Persimmon; Softening; Water loss

Indexed keywords

ARA; DIOSPYROS VIRGINIANA;

EID: 0345581297     PISSN: 18823351     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2503/jjshs.72.517     Document Type: Article

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