Varietal differences in the relationship between maturation characteristics, storage life and ethylene production in peach fruit

Journal of the Japanese Society for Horticultural Science

Volumn 73, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 97-104

  Haji, Takashi ^a   Yaegaki, Hideaki ^a   Yamaguchi, Masami ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF FRUIT TREE SCIENCE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Ethylene; Maturation; Peach; Softening

Indexed keywords

PRUNUS PERSICA;

EID: 1842636239     PISSN: 18823351     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2503/jjshs.73.97     Document Type: Article

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