Effects of nitrous oxide (N2O) treatment on the postharvest ripening of banana fruit

Postharvest Biology and Technology

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 167-175

  Palomer, Xavier ^a   Roig Villanova, Irma ^a   Grima Calvo, Désirée ^a   Vendrell, Miquel ^a  

^a INSTITUT DE BIOLOGIA MOLECULAR DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

ACC oxidase; Musa acuminata; Nitrous oxide

Indexed keywords

MUSA ACUMINATA;

EID: 17644425322     PISSN: 09255214     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.postharvbio.2004.12.008     Document Type: Article

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