Firmness retention, and prevention of coreline browning and senescence in 'Macoun' apples with 1-methylcyclopropene

HortScience

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 161-163

  Moran, Renae E ^a   McManus, Patricia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MAINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Ethylene; Malus xdomestica; Plant growth regulators; Storage disorders

Indexed keywords

CLIMATOLOGY; FRUITS; STARCH;

AIR STORAGE; CORELINE BROWNING; FIRMNESS RETENTION; STARCH INDEX;

PROPYLENE;

CLIMATES; MALUS; PROPYLENE; STARCH;

MALUS; MALUS DOMESTICA; MALUS X DOMESTICA;

EID: 13144279365     PISSN: 00185345     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.21273/hortsci.40.1.161     Document Type: Article

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