Relationship between endogenous free polyamine content and ethylene evolution during fruit growth and ripening of Japanese pear (Pyrus pyrifolia Nakai)

Journal of the Japanese Society for Horticultural Science

Volumn 74, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 221-227

  Franco Mora, Omar ^a   Tanabe, Kenji ^a   Itai, Akihiro ^a   Tamura, Fumio ^a   Itamura, Hiroyuki ^b  

^a TOTTORI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b SHIMANE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Ethylene; Fruit growth; Japanese pear; Polyamine; Ripening

Indexed keywords

PYRUS COMMUNIS; PYRUS PYRIFOLIA;

EID: 20444369538     PISSN: 18823351     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2503/jjshs.74.221     Document Type: Article

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