Effects of silverleaf whitefly feeding on tomato fruit ripening

Postharvest Biology and Technology

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 183-190

  McCollum, T G ^a   Stoffella, P J ^b   Powell, C A ^b   Cantliffe, D J ^c   Hanif Khan, S ^b,d  

^a U S HORTICULTURAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^d PETRONAS CARIGALI SDN BHD   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Bemisia argentifolii; Bemisia tabaci; Cherry tomato; Ethylene; Fruit color; Fruit firmness; Irregular ripening; Lycopersicon esculentum; Respiration

Indexed keywords

ALEYRODIDAE; BEMISIA; BEMISIA ARGENTIFOLII; BEMISIA TABACI; IPOMOEA BATATAS; LYCOPERSICON; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM VAR. CERASIFORME; SOLANUM TUBEROSUM;

EID: 1042278678     PISSN: 09255214     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.postharvbio.2003.09.001     Document Type: Article

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