End of day harvest extends shelf life

HortScience

Volumn 40, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 1431-1435

  Clarkson, Graham J J ^a   Rothwell, Steve D ^b   Taylor, Gail ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b Vitacress Salads Ltd   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cell wall extensibility; Eruca vesicaria; Lactuca sativa; Processability; Xyloglucan endotransglucosylase

Indexed keywords

GENES; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PLANTS (BOTANY);

BABY SALAD LEAVES; LEAF STARCH CONCENTRATION; LEAF TURGOR PRESSURE; SALAD ROQUETTE;

HARVESTING;

BIODIVERSITY; CONCENTRATION; GENES; HARVESTING; LEAVES; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; STARCH;

BETA VULGARIS; BETA VULGARIS CICLA; BETA VULGARIS SUBSP. VULGARIS; ERUCA SATIVA; ERUCA VESICARIA; LACTUCA; LACTUCA SATIVA;

EID: 22444446086     PISSN: 00185345     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.21273/hortsci.40.5.1431     Document Type: Article

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