Pawpaw [Asimina triloba (L.) Dunal] fruit ripening. II. Activity of selected cell-wall degrading enzymes

Journal of the American Society for Horticultural Science

Volumn 130, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 643-648

  Koslanund, Rumphan ^a,b   Archbold, Douglas D ^b,d   Pomper, Kirk W ^c  

^a Post Harvest and Product Processing Research and Development Office   (Thailand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^c KENTUCKY STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Univ of Kentucky ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Endo (1 4) D glucanase; Endo 1,4 mannanase; Fruit firmness; Pectin methylesterase; Polygalacturonase

Indexed keywords

ASIMINA; ASIMINA TRILOBA;

EID: 21544482288     PISSN: 00031062     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.21273/jashs.130.4.643     Document Type: Article

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