Lysophosphatidylethanolamine accelerates color development and promotes shelf life of cranberries

HortScience

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 127-130

  Özgen, Mustafa ^a,b   Farag, Karim M ^a,c   Ozgen, Senay ^a   Palta, Jiwan P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b GAZIOSMANPASA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c DAMANHOUR UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Anthocyanin; Cranberry; LPE; Lysophospholipids; Natural lipids; Phospholipids; Soft rot; Storage rot; Vaccinium macrocarpon

Indexed keywords

COLD STORAGE; COLOR; GROWTH KINETICS; HARVESTING; LIPIDS; MARKETING; PIGMENTS; PLANTS (BOTANY);

COLOR PRODUCTION; NATURAL LIPIDS; PREHARVESTING;

FRUITS;

COLOR; FRUITS; GROWTH; HARVESTING; LIPIDS; MARKETING; PIGMENT; PLANTS;

LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; VACCINIUM; VACCINIUM MACROCARPON;

EID: 13144259731     PISSN: 00185345     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.21273/hortsci.40.1.127     Document Type: Article

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