Infiltration of putrescine into apricots hepls handling and storage

Acta Horticulturae

Volumn 553, Issue , 2001, Pages 189-192

  Martinez Romero D ^a   Valero, D ^a   Riquelme, F ^b   Zuzunaga, M ^b   Serrano, M ^a   Burlo F ^a   Carbonell, A ^a  

^a MIGUEL HERNÁNDEZ UNIVERSITY   (Spain)

^b RESEARCH GROUP ON QUALITY   (Spain)

Author keywords

Bruising; Colour; Ethylene; Firmness; Mechanical damage; Polyamines; Prunus armeniaca

Indexed keywords

EID: 18844389239     PISSN: 05677572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.17660/ActaHortic.2001.553.41     Document Type: Conference Paper

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