Ethanol production and chlorophyll fluorescence predict breakdown of heat-stressed apple fruit during cold storage

Journal of the American Society for Horticultural Science

Volumn 130, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 237-243

  Fan, Lihua ^a   Song, Jun ^a   Forney, Charles F ^a   Jordan, Michael A ^a  

^a AGRICULTURE AND AGRI FOOD CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Ethylene; Flesh browning; Fruit quality; Heat injury; Malus sylvestris var. domestica

Indexed keywords

EID: 14844353735     PISSN: 00031062     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.21273/jashs.130.2.237     Document Type: Article

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