Ultrastructural evidence for the inhibition of chloroplast-to-chromoplast conversion in broccoli floret sepals by ethanol vapor

Postharvest Biology and Technology

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 237-243

  Suzuki, Yasuo ^a   Kimura, Tsutomu ^a   Takahashi, Daisuke ^a   Terai, Hirofumi ^a  

^a KOBE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Broccoli; Chloroplast; Ethanol vapor; Ultrastructure

Indexed keywords

BRASSICA OLERACEA VAR. BOTRYTIS;

EID: 14644427826     PISSN: 09255214     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.postharvbio.2004.09.002     Document Type: Article

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